Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... nature , while I have not scrupled to innovate upon their combinations . The Iliad , the tragic poetry of Greece , -Shake- speare , in the Tempest and Mid- summer Night's Dream , and most especially Milton , in viii PREFACE .
... nature , while I have not scrupled to innovate upon their combinations . The Iliad , the tragic poetry of Greece , -Shake- speare , in the Tempest and Mid- summer Night's Dream , and most especially Milton , in viii PREFACE .
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. summer Night's Dream , and most especially Milton , in Paradise Lost , conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amusement from his la- bours , may , without ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. summer Night's Dream , and most especially Milton , in Paradise Lost , conform to this rule ; and the most humble novelist , who seeks to confer or receive amusement from his la- bours , may , without ...
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... night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had for- bidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea - faring life . " These visions faded when ...
... night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had for- bidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea - faring life . " These visions faded when ...
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... I voluntarily endured cold , famine , thirst , and want of sleep ; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day , and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of 6 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... I voluntarily endured cold , famine , thirst , and want of sleep ; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day , and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of 6 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical ... nights to the study of mathematics, ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical ... nights to the study of mathematics, ...
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