Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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Page 13
... platitude of prose , speedily relinquished their uncongenial task . I busied myself to think of a story - a story to rival those which had excited us to this task . One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our Preface . 13.
... platitude of prose , speedily relinquished their uncongenial task . I busied myself to think of a story - a story to rival those which had excited us to this task . One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our Preface . 13.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature , and awaken thrilling hor- ror - one to make the reader dread to look round , to curdle the blood , and quicken the beatings of the heart . If I ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature , and awaken thrilling hor- ror - one to make the reader dread to look round , to curdle the blood , and quicken the beatings of the heart . If I ...
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... , that a thrill of fear ran through me and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around . I see them still : the very room , the dark parquet , the closed shutters , with the moonlight 16 Preface .
... , that a thrill of fear ran through me and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around . I see them still : the very room , the dark parquet , the closed shutters , with the moonlight 16 Preface .
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... fear of danger or death , and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he em- barks in a little boat , with his holiday mates , on an expedition of discovery up his native river . 20 Frankenstein .
... fear of danger or death , and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he em- barks in a little boat , with his holiday mates , on an expedition of discovery up his native river . 20 Frankenstein .
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... fear and trembling , the only authors I had ever read upon those subjects . The pro- fessor stared : " Have you , " he said , " really spent your time in studying such nonsense ? " 66 I replied in the affirmative . " Every min- ute ...
... fear and trembling , the only authors I had ever read upon those subjects . The pro- fessor stared : " Have you , " he said , " really spent your time in studying such nonsense ? " 66 I replied in the affirmative . " Every min- ute ...
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