Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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... 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. ...
... 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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... Night waned upon this talk , and even the witching hour had gone by , before we retired to rest . When I had placed my head on my pillow , I did not sleep , nor could I be said to think . My imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided ...
... Night waned upon this talk , and even the witching hour had gone by , before we retired to rest . When I had placed my head on my pillow , I did not sleep , nor could I be said to think . My imagination , unbidden , possessed and guided ...
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... night ! Swift as light , and as cheering , was the idea that broke in upon me . " I have found it ! What terrified me will terrify others ; and I need only describe the specter which had haunted my midnight pillow . " On the mor- row I ...
... night ! Swift as light , and as cheering , was the idea that broke in upon me . " I have found it ! What terrified me will terrify others ; and I need only describe the specter which had haunted my midnight pillow . " On the mor- row I ...
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... were my study day and night , and my famil- iarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me The Modern Prometheus . 21.
... were my study day and night , and my famil- iarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me The Modern Prometheus . 21.
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