Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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Page 37
... days ; and at other times I toiled day and night in order to com- plete my work . It was indeed a filthy process in which I was engaged . During my first experiment , a kind of enthusi astic frenzy THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 37.
... days ; and at other times I toiled day and night in order to com- plete my work . It was indeed a filthy process in which I was engaged . During my first experiment , a kind of enthusi astic frenzy THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 37.
Page 40
... night , or hasten its conclusion by an unremitting attention to it . As I sat , a train of reflection occurred to me , which led me to consider the effects of what I was now doing . Three years before I was engaged in the same man- ner ...
... night , or hasten its conclusion by an unremitting attention to it . As I sat , a train of reflection occurred to me , which led me to consider the effects of what I was now doing . Three years before I was engaged in the same man- ner ...
Page 48
... to you , and I am no coward to bend beneath words . Leave me ; I am inexorable . " " It is well . Igo ; but remember , I shall be with you on your wedding - night . " 2 I started forward , and exclaimed , " Villain 48 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... to you , and I am no coward to bend beneath words . Leave me ; I am inexorable . " " It is well . Igo ; but remember , I shall be with you on your wedding - night . " 2 I started forward , and exclaimed , " Villain 48 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
Page 50
... night . " That then was the period fixed for the fulfilment of my destiny . In that hour I should die , and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice . The prospect did not move me to fear ; yet when I thought of my beloved Elizabeth ...
... night . " That then was the period fixed for the fulfilment of my destiny . In that hour I should die , and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice . The prospect did not move me to fear ; yet when I thought of my beloved Elizabeth ...
Page 51
... night's contention , and walked on the beach of the sea , which I almost re- garded as an insuperable barrier be- tween me and my fellow - creatures ; nay , a wish that such should prove the fact stole across me . I desired that I might ...
... night's contention , and walked on the beach of the sea , which I almost re- garded as an insuperable barrier be- tween me and my fellow - creatures ; nay , a wish that such should prove the fact stole across me . I desired that I might ...
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