Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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Page xi
... passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva . The season was cold and rainy , and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire , and occasionally amused ourselves with some Ger- man stories of ghosts , which hap ...
... passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva . The season was cold and rainy , and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire , and occasionally amused ourselves with some Ger- man stories of ghosts , which hap ...
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... passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hardship . I accompanied the whale- fishers on several ...
... passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hardship . I accompanied the whale- fishers on several ...
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... passed in ease and luxury ; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh , that some en- couraging voice would answer in the affirmative ! My courage and my re- solution is firm ; but my hopes fluctuate ...
... passed in ease and luxury ; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh , that some en- couraging voice would answer in the affirmative ! My courage and my re- solution is firm ; but my hopes fluctuate ...
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... passed all his life on board a vessel , and has scarcely an idea beyond the rope and the shroud . But do not suppose that , because I complain a little , or because I can con- ceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know ...
... passed all his life on board a vessel , and has scarcely an idea beyond the rope and the shroud . But do not suppose that , because I complain a little , or because I can con- ceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know ...
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... was somewhat dangerous , especially as we were com- passed round by a very thick fog . We accordingly lay to , hoping that some change would take place in the at- mosphere and weather THE MODern proMETHEUS , 21 LETTER IV. ...
... was somewhat dangerous , especially as we were com- passed round by a very thick fog . We accordingly lay to , hoping that some change would take place in the at- mosphere and weather THE MODern proMETHEUS , 21 LETTER IV. ...
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