Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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... creates . I will proceed with my tale . Beyond Cologne we descended to the plains of Holland ; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way ; for the wind was contrary , and the stream of the river was too gentle to aid us . Our ...
... creates . I will proceed with my tale . Beyond Cologne we descended to the plains of Holland ; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way ; for the wind was contrary , and the stream of the river was too gentle to aid us . Our ...
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... I was now doing . Three years before I was engaged in the same man- ner , and had created a fiend whose un- paralleled barbarity had desolated my heart , and filled it for ever with the bit- 40 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR , CHAPTER III. ...
... I was now doing . Three years before I was engaged in the same man- ner , and had created a fiend whose un- paralleled barbarity had desolated my heart , and filled it for ever with the bit- 40 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR , CHAPTER III. ...
Page 42
... created ; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats : but now , for the first time , the wickedness of my promise burst upon me ; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest , whose selfishness had not ...
... created ; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats : but now , for the first time , the wickedness of my promise burst upon me ; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest , whose selfishness had not ...
Page 43
... creating another like to him , and , trem- bling with passion , tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged . The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness , and , THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 43.
... creating another like to him , and , trem- bling with passion , tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged . The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness , and , THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 43.
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... create another like your- self , equal in deformity and wicked- ness . " " Slave , I before reasoned with you , but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension . Remember that I have power ; you believe yourself miserable ...
... create another like your- self , equal in deformity and wicked- ness . " " Slave , I before reasoned with you , but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension . Remember that I have power ; you believe yourself miserable ...
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