Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me trea- 4 sures known to few beside myself ; and although I D 3 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 53 those of the former were ...
... Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me trea- 4 sures known to few beside myself ; and although I D 3 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 53 those of the former were ...
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... and string , which drew down . that fluid from the clouds . This last stroke completed the over- throw of Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus , and Paracelsus D 5 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 57 which stood about twenty yards from ...
... and string , which drew down . that fluid from the clouds . This last stroke completed the over- throw of Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus , and Paracelsus D 5 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 57 which stood about twenty yards from ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. throw of Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus , and Paracelsus , who had so long reigned the lords of my imagina- tion . But by some fatality I did not feel inclined to commence the study of any modern system ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. throw of Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus , and Paracelsus , who had so long reigned the lords of my imagina- tion . But by some fatality I did not feel inclined to commence the study of any modern system ...
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... Paracelsus . My dear Sir , you must begin your studies entirely anew . " So saying , he stept aside , and wrote down a list of several books treating of natural philosophy , which he desired me to procure , and dismissed me , after ...
... Paracelsus . My dear Sir , you must begin your studies entirely anew . " So saying , he stept aside , and wrote down a list of several books treating of natural philosophy , which he desired me to procure , and dismissed me , after ...
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... Paracelsus , but without the contempt that M. Krempe had exhibited . He said , that " these were men to whose indefatigable zeal modern philosophers were indebt- ed for most of the foundations of their knowledge . They had left to us ...
... Paracelsus , but without the contempt that M. Krempe had exhibited . He said , that " these were men to whose indefatigable zeal modern philosophers were indebt- ed for most of the foundations of their knowledge . They had left to us ...
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