Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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Page 83
... horrors . I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of supersti- tion , or to have feared the apparition of a spirit . Darkness had no effect upon my fancy ; and a church - yard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived ...
... horrors . I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of supersti- tion , or to have feared the apparition of a spirit . Darkness had no effect upon my fancy ; and a church - yard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived ...
Page 90
... horrors of my secret toil , as I dabbled among the unhal- lowed damps of the grave , or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? My limbs now tremble , and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then a resistless , and ...
... horrors of my secret toil , as I dabbled among the unhal- lowed damps of the grave , or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay ? My limbs now tremble , and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then a resistless , and ...
Page 99
... horror and disgust filled my heart . Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created , I rushed out of the room , and continued a long time traversing my bed - chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude ...
... horror and disgust filled my heart . Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created , I rushed out of the room , and continued a long time traversing my bed - chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude ...
Page 100
... horror ; a cold dew co- vered my forehead , my teeth chattered , and every limb became convulsed ; when , by the dim and yellow light of the moon , as it forced its way through the window - shutters , I bebeld the wretch -the miserable ...
... horror ; a cold dew co- vered my forehead , my teeth chattered , and every limb became convulsed ; when , by the dim and yellow light of the moon , as it forced its way through the window - shutters , I bebeld the wretch -the miserable ...
Page 101
... horror of that countenance . A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch . I had gazed on him while unfinished ; he was ugly then ; but when those mus- cles and joints were rendered capable of motion , it ...
... horror of that countenance . A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch . I had gazed on him while unfinished ; he was ugly then ; but when those mus- cles and joints were rendered capable of motion , it ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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