Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... attended on him as much as my duty would permit . I never saw a more interesting crea- ture his eyes have generally an ex- pression of wildness , and even mad- ness ; but there are moments when , if any one performs an act of kindness ...
... attended on him as much as my duty would permit . I never saw a more interesting crea- ture his eyes have generally an ex- pression of wildness , and even mad- ness ; but there are moments when , if any one performs an act of kindness ...
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... attended him with the greatest tenderness ; but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing ... attend- ing him ; her 42 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR.
... attended him with the greatest tenderness ; but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing ... attend- ing him ; her 42 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. was more entirely occupied in attend- ing him ; her means of subsistence de- creased ; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms , leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This last blow overcame her ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. was more entirely occupied in attend- ing him ; her means of subsistence de- creased ; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms , leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This last blow overcame her ...
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... attended any of the lectures given at the schools of Geneva . My dreams were therefore undisturbed by reality ; and I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philo- sopher's stone and the elixir of life . But the ...
... attended any of the lectures given at the schools of Geneva . My dreams were therefore undisturbed by reality ; and I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philo- sopher's stone and the elixir of life . But the ...
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... attend the discovery , if I could banish disease from the human frame , and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death ! Nor were these my only visions . The raising of ghosts or devils was a pro- mise liberally accorded by my ...
... attend the discovery , if I could banish disease from the human frame , and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death ! Nor were these my only visions . The raising of ghosts or devils was a pro- mise liberally accorded by my ...
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