Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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... existence of their enemy , and unprotected from his attacks , exasperated as he might be by my departure . But he had promised to follow me wherever I might go ; and would he not accompany me to Eng- land ? This imagination was dreadful ...
... existence of their enemy , and unprotected from his attacks , exasperated as he might be by my departure . But he had promised to follow me wherever I might go ; and would he not accompany me to Eng- land ? This imagination was dreadful ...
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... existence !: But you , my dear Frankenstein , where- fore are you desponding and sorrow- ful ? " . In truth , I was occupied by gloomy thoughts , and neither saw the descent of the evening star , nor the golden sun - rise reflected in ...
... existence !: But you , my dear Frankenstein , where- fore are you desponding and sorrow- ful ? " . In truth , I was occupied by gloomy thoughts , and neither saw the descent of the evening star , nor the golden sun - rise reflected in ...
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... existence depended on the life of its creator ; has this mind perished ? Does it now only exist in my memory ? No , it is not thus ; your form so divinely wrought , and beaming with beauty , has decayed , but your spirit still visits ...
... existence depended on the life of its creator ; has this mind perished ? Does it now only exist in my memory ? No , it is not thus ; your form so divinely wrought , and beaming with beauty , has decayed , but your spirit still visits ...
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... burst upon me ; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest , whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price perhaps of the existence of the whole human 42 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... burst upon me ; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest , whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price perhaps of the existence of the whole human 42 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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... 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.
... 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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