Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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... tion , he loved with ardour : " The sounding cataract Haunted him like a passion : the tall rock , The mountain , and the deep and gloomy wood , Their colours and their forms , were then to him An appetite ; a feeling , and a love ...
... tion , he loved with ardour : " The sounding cataract Haunted him like a passion : the tall rock , The mountain , and the deep and gloomy wood , Their colours and their forms , were then to him An appetite ; a feeling , and a love ...
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... on the events connected with those names filled my soul with anguish . But in Clerval I saw the image of my former self ; he was inquisitive , and an- xious to gain experience and instruc- tion . The difference 22 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... on the events connected with those names filled my soul with anguish . But in Clerval I saw the image of my former self ; he was inquisitive , and an- xious to gain experience and instruc- tion . The difference 22 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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... tion . The difference of manners which he observed was to him an inex- haustible source of instruction and amusement . He was for ever busy ; and the only check to his enjoyments was my sorrowful and dejected mien . I tried to conceal ...
... tion . The difference of manners which he observed was to him an inex- haustible source of instruction and amusement . He was for ever busy ; and the only check to his enjoyments was my sorrowful and dejected mien . I tried to conceal ...
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... tion . The colleges are ancient and picturesque ; the streets are almost mag- nificent ; and the lovely Isis , which flows beside it through meadows of ex- quisite verdure , is spread forth into a placid expanse of waters , which ...
... tion . The colleges are ancient and picturesque ; the streets are almost mag- nificent ; and the lovely Isis , which flows beside it through meadows of ex- quisite verdure , is spread forth into a placid expanse of waters , which ...
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... tion of the future . I was formed for peaceful happiness . During my youth- ful days discontent never visited my mind ; and if I was ever overcome by ennui , the sight of what is beautiful in nature , or the study of what is excellent ...
... tion of the future . I was formed for peaceful happiness . During my youth- ful days discontent never visited my mind ; and if I was ever overcome by ennui , the sight of what is beautiful in nature , or the study of what is excellent ...
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agitation agony anguish appeared arrived beautiful behold beloved boat choly Clerval clouds Cologny companion countenance cousin creature cried crimes curse dæmon dared death delirium desert desired despair destroyed destroyer dreadful dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured enemy England enjoy entered entreated Evian eyes father fear feel felt fiend Frankenstein frightful fulfil Geneva gentle gloomy happiness hate heard heart heaven hope horror idea Ingolstadt inhabit journey Justine Kirwin labour lake land lence live looked magistrate marriage Matlock Mayence Melan mind misery misfortunes monster moon mountains murder ness night nister Orkney passed passion peace Perth promise pursue rage reflect remain rence resolved revenge Rhine rious scene Scotland sensations shore shudder sibility sight sometimes soon soothe spirits suddenly sufferings sunk Switzerland tains tale thought threat tion torpor torture tranquillity vengeance visited voice wind wish wretch wretchedness