Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... feeling have re- sulted in the highest specimens of poetry . 15 09 EN The circumstance on which my story rests was suggested in casual conversation . It was commenced , partly as a source of amusement , and partly as an expedient for ex ...
... feeling have re- sulted in the highest specimens of poetry . 15 09 EN The circumstance on which my story rests was suggested in casual conversation . It was commenced , partly as a source of amusement , and partly as an expedient for ex ...
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... my welfare , and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am already far north of London ; and as I walk in the streets of Peters- VOL . I. B burgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon FRANKENSTEIN; ...
... my welfare , and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am already far north of London ; and as I walk in the streets of Peters- VOL . I. B burgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon FRANKENSTEIN; ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. burgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks , which braces my nerves , and fills me with delight . Do you understand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the regions towards ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. burgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks , which braces my nerves , and fills me with delight . Do you understand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the regions towards ...
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... fear of danger or 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- ...
... fear of danger or 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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... feel my heart glow with an en- thusiasm which elevates me to heaven ; for nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady pur- pose , a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the ...
... feel my heart glow with an en- thusiasm which elevates me to heaven ; for nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady pur- pose , a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the ...
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