Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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... elementary principles of human nature , while I have not scrupled to innovate upon their combinations . The " Iliad , " the tragic poetry of Greece ; Shakespeare , in the " Tem- pest " and " Midsummer Night's Dream ; " and 5 Preface. ...
... elementary principles of human nature , while I have not scrupled to innovate upon their combinations . The " Iliad , " the tragic poetry of Greece ; Shakespeare , in the " Tem- pest " and " Midsummer Night's Dream ; " and 5 Preface. ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. pest " and " Midsummer Night's Dream ; " and most especially Milton , in " Paradise Lost , " - conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amuse- ment from his labors ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. pest " and " Midsummer Night's Dream ; " and most especially Milton , in " Paradise Lost , " - conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amuse- ment from his labors ...
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... to write stories . " Still , I had a dearer pleasure than this , which was the formation of castles in the air ; the indulging in waking dreams ; the following up trains of thought 9 Preface to the last London Edition. ...
... to write stories . " Still , I had a dearer pleasure than this , which was the formation of castles in the air ; the indulging in waking dreams ; the following up trains of thought 9 Preface to the last London Edition. ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. in waking dreams ; the following up trains of thought , which had for their subject the for- mation of a succession of imaginary incidents . My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. in waking dreams ; the following up trains of thought , which had for their subject the for- mation of a succession of imaginary incidents . My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my ...
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... dream . At first I thought but of a few pages - of a short tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband ...
... dream . At first I thought but of a few pages - of a short tale ; but Shelley urged me to develop the idea at greater length . I certainly did not owe the suggestion of one incident , nor scarcely of one train of feeling , to my husband ...
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