Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... death , and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks I 4 in a little boat , with his holiday mates B 2 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 3 and in beauty every region hitherto dis- ...
... death , and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks I 4 in a little boat , with his holiday mates B 2 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 3 and in beauty every region hitherto dis- ...
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... child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had for- bidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea - faring life . " These visions faded when I perused , for the first time , those poets whose effusions entranced my soul ...
... child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had for- bidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea - faring life . " These visions faded when I perused , for the first time , those poets whose effusions entranced my soul ...
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... relinquished many of his public employments , and devoted himself to the education of his children . Of these I was the eldest , and the destined suc- cessor to all his labours and utility . No creature THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 43.
... relinquished many of his public employments , and devoted himself to the education of his children . Of these I was the eldest , and the destined suc- cessor to all his labours and utility . No creature THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 43.
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... child . But before I continue my narrative , I must record an incident which took place when I was four years of age . My father had a sister , whom he tenderly loved , and who had married early in life an Italian gentleman . Soon after ...
... child . But before I continue my narrative , I must record an incident which took place when I was four years of age . My father had a sister , whom he tenderly loved , and who had married early in life an Italian gentleman . Soon after ...
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... child she had ever seen , and shewed signs even then of a gentle and affectionate disposition . These indications , and a desire to bind as closely as possible the ties of domestic love , determined my mother to consider Elizabeth as my ...
... child she had ever seen , and shewed signs even then of a gentle and affectionate disposition . These indications , and a desire to bind as closely as possible the ties of domestic love , determined my mother to consider Elizabeth as my ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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