Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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Page 36
... destroyed the other sledge . I replied , that I could not answer with any degree of certainty ; for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveler might have arrived at a place of safety before that time ; but of this I ...
... destroyed the other sledge . I replied , that I could not answer with any degree of certainty ; for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveler might have arrived at a place of safety before that time ; but of this I ...
Page 37
... destroyed by misery , without feeling the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so culti- vated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and ...
... destroyed by misery , without feeling the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so culti- vated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and ...
Page 54
... destroyed . 66 The catastrophe of this tree excited my ex- treme astonishment ; and I eagerly inquired of my father the nature and origin of thunder and lightning . He replied , Electricity " ; de- scribing at the same time the various ...
... destroyed . 66 The catastrophe of this tree excited my ex- treme astonishment ; and I eagerly inquired of my father the nature and origin of thunder and lightning . He replied , Electricity " ; de- scribing at the same time the various ...
Page 77
... the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule . If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections , and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no The Modern Prometheus . 77.
... the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule . If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections , and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no The Modern Prometheus . 77.
Page 78
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix , then ... destroyed . But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale ; and your looks remind me to ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix , then ... destroyed . But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale ; and your looks remind me to ...
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