Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... grief fills me with sym- pathy and compassion . He must have been a noble creature in his better days , being even now in wreck so at tractive and amiable . 1 said in one of my letters , my dear Margaret , that I should find no friend ...
... grief fills me with sym- pathy and compassion . He must have been a noble creature in his better days , being even now in wreck so at tractive and amiable . 1 said in one of my letters , my dear Margaret , that I should find no friend ...
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... grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so cultivated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and un- paralleled eloquence . He is now much recovered from his ...
... grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so cultivated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and un- paralleled eloquence . He is now much recovered from his ...
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... grief , that touched me to the heart . But he was silent , and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature . The starry sky , the sea , and every ...
... grief , that touched me to the heart . But he was silent , and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in spirit as he is , no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature . The starry sky , the sea , and every ...
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... grief by a recital of his misfortunes . I felt the greatest eagerness to hear the promised narra- tive , partly from curiosity , and partly from a strong desire to ameliorate his fate , if it were in my power . I expressed these ...
... grief by a recital of his misfortunes . I felt the greatest eagerness to hear the promised narra- tive , partly from curiosity , and partly from a strong desire to ameliorate his fate , if it were in my power . I expressed these ...
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... grief only became more deep and rankling , when he had leisure for reflection ; and at length it took so fast hold of his mind , that at the end of three months he lay on a bed of sickness , incapable of any exertion . His daughter ...
... grief only became more deep and rankling , when he had leisure for reflection ; and at length it took so fast hold of his mind , that at the end of three months he lay on a bed of sickness , incapable of any exertion . His daughter ...
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