Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusJames Pott, 1910 - 353 pages |
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Page 21
... whole of our good Uncle Thomas's library . My education was neglected , yet I was pas- sionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my famil- iarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a ...
... whole of our good Uncle Thomas's library . My education was neglected , yet I was pas- sionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my famil- iarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a ...
Page 28
... whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize - money , to purchase stock , and then him- self solicited the young woman's father to con- sent to her marriage with her lover . But the old man decidedly refused , thinking ...
... whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize - money , to purchase stock , and then him- self solicited the young woman's father to con- sent to her marriage with her lover . But the old man decidedly refused , thinking ...
Page 35
... whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equaled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of ...
... whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equaled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing ; and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of ...
Page 52
... whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Mag- nus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside myself ; and although I often wished ...
... whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Mag- nus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside myself ; and although I often wished ...
Page 89
... whole winter , instead of being spent in study , as you promised yourself , has been consumed in my sick - room . How shall I ever repay you ? I feel the greatest remorse for the disappoint- ment of which I have been the occasion ; but ...
... whole winter , instead of being spent in study , as you promised yourself , has been consumed in my sick - room . How shall I ever repay you ? I feel the greatest remorse for the disappoint- ment of which I have been the occasion ; but ...
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