Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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... mind . Other motives were mingled with these , as the work pro- ceeded . I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which whatever moral tendencies exist in the sentiments or characters it con- tains shall affect the reader ; yet my ...
... mind . Other motives were mingled with these , as the work pro- ceeded . I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which whatever moral tendencies exist in the sentiments or characters it con- tains shall affect the reader ; yet my ...
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... mind . What I wrote was intended at least for one other eye , my childhood's companion and friend ; but my dreams were all my own ; I accounted for them to nobody ; they were my refuge when annoyed , my dear- est pleasure when free . I ...
... mind . What I wrote was intended at least for one other eye , my childhood's companion and friend ; but my dreams were all my own ; I accounted for them to nobody ; they were my refuge when annoyed , my dear- est pleasure when free . I ...
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... mind , was all of literary employment that en- gaged my attention . In the summer of 1816 , we visited Switzer- land , and became the neighbors of Lord Byron . At first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake , or wandering on its ...
... mind , was all of literary employment that en- gaged my attention . In the summer of 1816 , we visited Switzer- land , and became the neighbors of Lord Byron . At first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake , or wandering on its ...
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... mind as if I had read them yesterday . " We will each write a ghost story , " said Lord Byron ; and his proposition was acceded to . There were four of us . The noble author began a tale , a fragment of which he printed at the end of ...
... mind as if I had read them yesterday . " We will each write a ghost story , " said Lord Byron ; and his proposition was acceded to . There were four of us . The noble author began a tale , a fragment of which he printed at the end of ...
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... think . My imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided me , gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vividness far beyond the usual bound of reverie . I saw- with shut eyes , but acute mental vision — I Preface . 15.
... think . My imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided me , gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vividness far beyond the usual bound of reverie . I saw- with shut eyes , but acute mental vision — I Preface . 15.
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