Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... delight . Do you understand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing , / gives me a foretaste of those icy climes . Inspirited by this wind of promise , my day dreams become more ...
... delight . Do you understand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing , / gives me a foretaste of those icy climes . Inspirited by this wind of promise , my day dreams become more ...
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... delighted in investigating the facts relative to the actual world ; she busied herself in following the aërial creations of the poets . The world was to me a secret , which I desired to discover ; to her it was a vacancy , which THE ...
... delighted in investigating the facts relative to the actual world ; she busied herself in following the aërial creations of the poets . The world was to me a secret , which I desired to discover ; to her it was a vacancy , which THE ...
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... delight and amazement of all his companions . His favourite study consisted in books of chivalry and ro- mance ; and when very young , I can remember , that we used to act plays composed by him out of these favourite . books , the ...
... delight and amazement of all his companions . His favourite study consisted in books of chivalry and ro- mance ; and when very young , I can remember , that we used to act plays composed by him out of these favourite . books , the ...
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... 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 real and prac- ...
... 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 real and prac- ...
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... watching its progress with cu riosity and delight . As I stood at the door , on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and 56 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... watching its progress with cu riosity and delight . As I stood at the door , on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and 56 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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