Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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Page 46
... remained for several years their only child . But before I continue my narrative , I must record an incident which took place when I was four years of age . My father had a sister , whom he tenderly loved , and who had married early in ...
... remained for several years their only child . But before I continue my narrative , I must record an incident which took place when I was four years of age . My father had a sister , whom he tenderly loved , and who had married early in ...
Page 53
... and terrible thunder- storm . It advanced from behind the moun- tains of Jura ; and the thunder burst at once with frightful loudness from various quarters of the heavens . I remained , while the storm The Modern Prometheus . 53.
... and terrible thunder- storm . It advanced from behind the moun- tains of Jura ; and the thunder burst at once with frightful loudness from various quarters of the heavens . I remained , while the storm The Modern Prometheus . 53.
Page 54
... remained but a blasted stump . When we visited it the next morning , we found the tree shattered in a singular manner . It was not splintered by the shock , but entirely reduced to thin ribbons of wood . I never be- held anything so ...
... remained but a blasted stump . When we visited it the next morning , we found the tree shattered in a singular manner . It was not splintered by the shock , but entirely reduced to thin ribbons of wood . I never be- held anything so ...
Page 73
... remained a work of inconceivable difficulty and labor . I doubted at first whether I should attempt the creation of a being like myself or one of simpler organ- ization ; but my imagination was too much exalted by my first success to ...
... remained a work of inconceivable difficulty and labor . I doubted at first whether I should attempt the creation of a being like myself or one of simpler organ- ization ; but my imagination was too much exalted by my first success to ...
Page 82
... remained ' during the rest of the night , walking up and down in the greatest agitation , listening at- tentively , catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the de- moniacal corse to which I had so ...
... remained ' during the rest of the night , walking up and down in the greatest agitation , listening at- tentively , catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the de- moniacal corse to which I had so ...
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