Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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Page 35
... countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equaled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes that ...
... countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equaled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes that ...
Page 39
... countenance became ex- pressive of a calm , settled grief , which touched me to the heart . But he was silent , and pres- ently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the ...
... countenance became ex- pressive of a calm , settled grief , which touched me to the heart . But he was silent , and pres- ently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the ...
Page 58
... countenance ex- pressed affection even in death . I need not de- scribe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil , the void that presents itself to the soul , and the despair that is exhibited on ...
... countenance ex- pressed affection even in death . I need not de- scribe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil , the void that presents itself to the soul , and the despair that is exhibited on ...
Page 61
... countenances . I loved my brothers , Elizabeth , and Clerval ; these were " old familiar faces " ; but I believed myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers . Such were my reflections as I commenced my journey ; but as I ...
... countenances . I loved my brothers , Elizabeth , and Clerval ; these were " old familiar faces " ; but I believed myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers . Such were my reflections as I commenced my journey ; but as I ...
Page 63
... countenance ; the teacher , therefore , did not prepossess me in favor of his doctrine . Besides , I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy . It was very different , when the masters of the science sought immortality ...
... countenance ; the teacher , therefore , did not prepossess me in favor of his doctrine . Besides , I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy . It was very different , when the masters of the science sought immortality ...
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Agatha agony Albertus Magnus ancholy anguish appeared arrived beautiful became beheld bestow calm Clerval Cologny companion consolation cottage countenance cousin creature dared dark daugh death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dreadful dream earth Elizabeth endeavored endured entered eyes father fear feelings Felix felt forever Frankenstein Geneva gentle girl grief happy heard heart heavens hope horror human idea Ingolstadt innocent journey Jura Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labors lake lected letter light live looked Lord Byron marriage mind miserable misfortunes MODERN PROMETHEUS monster Mont Blanc months morning mountains murderer natural philosophy ness never night Paracelsus passed peace perceived pleasure possessed promise rage reflections remained resolved revenge Rhine Safie scene sensations smiles soon sorrow Sorrows of Werther spirits strange suffered sunk tains tale tears thought tion tranquillity trembled treme ture voice wind wish wonder wood words wretch