Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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Page 16
... horror- stricken . He would hope that , left to itself , the slight spark of life which he had communi- cated would fade ; that this thing which had re- ceived such imperfect animation would subside into dead matter ; and he might sleep ...
... horror- stricken . He would hope that , left to itself , the slight spark of life which he had communi- cated would fade ; that this thing which had re- ceived such imperfect animation would subside into dead matter ; and he might sleep ...
Page 71
... horrors . I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition , or to have feared the apparition of a spirit . Dark- ness had no effect upon my fancy ; and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of ...
... horrors . I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition , or to have feared the apparition of a spirit . Dark- ness had no effect upon my fancy ; and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of ...
Page 75
... horrors of my secret toil , I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave , or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? My limbs now tremble and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then as a resistless and ...
... horrors of my secret toil , I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave , or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? My limbs now tremble and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then as a resistless and ...
Page 81
... horror and disgust filled my heart . Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created , I rushed out of the room , and continued a long time traversing my bed- chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude ...
... horror and disgust filled my heart . Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created , I rushed out of the room , and continued a long time traversing my bed- chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude ...
Page 82
... horror ; a cold dew covered my fore- head , my teeth chattered , and every limb be- came convulsed ; when , by the dim and yellow light of the moon , as it forced its way through the window - shutters , I beheld the wretch , the ...
... horror ; a cold dew covered my fore- head , my teeth chattered , and every limb be- came convulsed ; when , by the dim and yellow light of the moon , as it forced its way through the window - shutters , I beheld the wretch , the ...
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