Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... human passions more comprehen- " sive and cominanding than any which the ordinary relations of ex- isting events can yield . I have thus endeavoured to pre- serve the truth of the elementary principles of human nature , while I have not ...
... human passions more comprehen- " sive and cominanding than any which the ordinary relations of ex- isting events can yield . I have thus endeavoured to pre- serve the truth of the elementary principles of human nature , while I have not ...
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... human 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 ...
... human 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 ...
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... human nature , beat even in these rug- ged bosoms . My lieutenant , for in- stance , is a man of wonderful courage ... humanity . I first became acquainted with him on board a whale vessel : find- ing that he was unemployed in this city ...
... human nature , beat even in these rug- ged bosoms . My lieutenant , for in- stance , is a man of wonderful courage ... humanity . I first became acquainted with him on board a whale vessel : find- ing that he was unemployed in this city ...
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... human being within it , whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel . other traveller seemed to be , a savage inhabitant of some undiscovered island , but an European . When I appeared on deck , the master said , " Here is our ...
... human being within it , whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel . other traveller seemed to be , a savage inhabitant of some undiscovered island , but an European . When I appeared on deck , the master said , " Here is our ...
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... human creatures , and am entitled , therefore , to judge respecting friendship . You have hope , and the world before you , and have no cause for despair . But I have lost I- every thing , and cannot begin life anew . " c 5 THE MODERN ...
... human creatures , and am entitled , therefore , to judge respecting friendship . You have hope , and the world before you , and have no cause for despair . But I have lost I- every thing , and cannot begin life anew . " c 5 THE MODERN ...
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