Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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... tains shall affect the reader ; yet my chief con- cern in this respect has been limited to the avoiding the enervating effects of the novels of the present day , and to the exhibition of the amiableness of domestic affection , and the ...
... tains shall affect the reader ; yet my chief con- cern in this respect has been limited to the avoiding the enervating effects of the novels of the present day , and to the exhibition of the amiableness of domestic affection , and the ...
Page 53
... 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.
... 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 109
... tains ! my own beautiful lake ! how do you welcome your wanderer ? Your summits are clear ; the sky and lake are blue and placid . Is this to prognosticate peace , or to mock at my unhappiness ? ” I fear , my friend , that I shall ...
... tains ! my own beautiful lake ! how do you welcome your wanderer ? Your summits are clear ; the sky and lake are blue and placid . Is this to prognosticate peace , or to mock at my unhappiness ? ” I fear , my friend , that I shall ...
Page 142
... tains were its immediate boundaries ; but we saw no more ruined castles and fertile fields . Immense glaciers approached the road ; we heard the rumbling thunder of the falling avalanche , and marked the smoke of its pas- sage . Mont ...
... tains were its immediate boundaries ; but we saw no more ruined castles and fertile fields . Immense glaciers approached the road ; we heard the rumbling thunder of the falling avalanche , and marked the smoke of its pas- sage . Mont ...
Page 147
... tains . Presently a breeze dissipated the cloud , and I descended upon the glacier . The surface is very uneven , rising like the waves of a troubled sea , descending low , and inter- spersed by rifts that sink deep . The field of ice ...
... tains . Presently a breeze dissipated the cloud , and I descended upon the glacier . The surface is very uneven , rising like the waves of a troubled sea , descending low , and inter- spersed by rifts that sink deep . The field of ice ...
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