Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... partly as a source of amusement , and partly as an expedient for ex- ercising any untried resources of mind . Other motives were min- gled with these , as the work pro- ceeded . I am by no means indif- ferent to PREFACE . ix.
... partly as a source of amusement , and partly as an expedient for ex- ercising any untried resources of mind . Other motives were min- gled with these , as the work pro- ceeded . I am by no means indif- ferent to PREFACE . ix.
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... tranquillize the mind as a steady pur- pose , a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the favourite dream of my --- 1 early years . I have read with ardour the accounts FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... tranquillize the mind as a steady pur- pose , a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the favourite dream of my --- 1 early years . I have read with ardour the accounts FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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... mind , whose tastes are like my own , to ap- prove or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in ex- ecution , and too impatient of difficul ties . But it is a still greater evil ...
... mind , whose tastes are like my own , to ap- prove or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in ex- ecution , and too impatient of difficul ties . But it is a still greater evil ...
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... magnificent ; but they want ( as the painters call it ) keeping ; and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as romantic , and affection enough for me to endeavour to regu- kate my mind 12 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... magnificent ; but they want ( as the painters call it ) keeping ; and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as romantic , and affection enough for me to endeavour to regu- kate my mind 12 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. enough for me to endeavour to regu- kate my mind . 43 Yet Well , these are useless complaints ; I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean , nor even here in Archangel , among merchants and seamen ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. enough for me to endeavour to regu- kate my mind . 43 Yet Well , these are useless complaints ; I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean , nor even here in Archangel , among merchants and seamen ...
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