Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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Page 37
... continued he , perceiving that I wished to interrupt him ; " but you are mis- taken , my friend , if thus you will allow me to name you ; nothing can alter my destiny listen to my history , and you will perceive how irrevocably it is de ...
... continued he , perceiving that I wished to interrupt him ; " but you are mis- taken , my friend , if thus you will allow me to name you ; nothing can alter my destiny listen to my history , and you will perceive how irrevocably it is de ...
Page 53
... continued to read with the greatest avidity . When I returned home , my first care was to procure the whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers ...
... continued to read with the greatest avidity . When I returned home , my first care was to procure the whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers ...
Page 69
... continued M. Krempe with warmth , " every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost . You have burdened your memory with exploded systems , and useless names . Good God ! in what desert land have you lived ...
... continued M. Krempe with warmth , " every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost . You have burdened your memory with exploded systems , and useless names . Good God ! in what desert land have you lived ...
Page 99
... continued a long time traversing my bed - chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured ; and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes , endeavouring to seek a few moments ...
... continued a long time traversing my bed - chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured ; and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes , endeavouring to seek a few moments ...
Page 103
... continued walking in this manner for some time , endeavouring , by bodily exercise , to ease the load that weighed upon my mind . I traversed the streets , without any clear conception of where I was , or what I was doing . My heart ...
... continued walking in this manner for some time , endeavouring , by bodily exercise , to ease the load that weighed upon my mind . I traversed the streets , without any clear conception of where I was , or what I was doing . My heart ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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