Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... bestowed the whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize - money to pur- chase stock , and then himself solicited the young woman's father to consent to her marriage with her lover . the old man decidedly refused , think ...
... bestowed the whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize - money to pur- chase stock , and then himself solicited the young woman's father to consent to her marriage with her lover . the old man decidedly refused , think ...
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... bestowing on the state sons who might carry his virtues and his name down to posterity . As the circumstances of his marriage illustrate his character , I cannot refrain from relating them . One of his most intimate friends was a ...
... bestowing on the state sons who might carry his virtues and his name down to posterity . As the circumstances of his marriage illustrate his character , I cannot refrain from relating them . One of his most intimate friends was a ...
Page 67
... bestow mutual plea- sure , I was now alone . In the univer- sity , whither I was going , I must form my own friends , and be my own pro- tector . My life had hitherto been re- markably secluded and domestic ; and this had given me ...
... bestow mutual plea- sure , I was now alone . In the univer- sity , whither I was going , I must form my own friends , and be my own pro- tector . My life had hitherto been re- markably secluded and domestic ; and this had given me ...
Page 85
... bestowing ani- mation upon lifeless matter . The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture . After so much time spent in painful labour , to ar- rive at once at the summit of ...
... bestowing ani- mation upon lifeless matter . The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture . After so much time spent in painful labour , to ar- rive at once at the summit of ...
Page 87
... bestowing animation , yet to prepare a frame for the reception of it , with all its intrica- cies of fibres , muscles , and veins , still remained a work of inconceivable dif- ficulty and labour . I doubted at first whether I should ...
... bestowing animation , yet to prepare a frame for the reception of it , with all its intrica- cies of fibres , muscles , and veins , still remained a work of inconceivable dif- ficulty and labour . I doubted at first whether I should ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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