Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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Page xi
... scene is princi- pally laid , and in society which cannot cease to be regretted . I 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 ...
... scene is princi- pally laid , and in society which cannot cease to be regretted . I 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 ...
Page xii
... lost , in the magnificent scenes which they present , all me- mory of their ghostly visions . The following tale is the only one which has been completed . FRANKENSTEIN ; OR , THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . LETTER I. xii ' PREFACE .
... lost , in the magnificent scenes which they present , all me- mory of their ghostly visions . The following tale is the only one which has been completed . FRANKENSTEIN ; OR , THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . LETTER I. xii ' PREFACE .
Page 49
... scene done by her own hand . We learned Latin and English , that we might read the writings in those languages ; and so far from study being made odious to us through punishment , we loved appli- cation , and our amusements would have ...
... scene done by her own hand . We learned Latin and English , that we might read the writings in those languages ; and so far from study being made odious to us through punishment , we loved appli- cation , and our amusements would have ...
Page 71
... scene was changed . The am- bition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to the annihilation of those visions on which my interest in science was chiefly founded . I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless gran- deur for ...
... scene was changed . The am- bition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to the annihilation of those visions on which my interest in science was chiefly founded . I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless gran- deur for ...
Page 85
... scene , it all opened upon me at once : the information I had obtained was of a nature rather to direct my endeavours so soon as I should point them towards I the object of my search , than to exhibit THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 85.
... scene , it all opened upon me at once : the information I had obtained was of a nature rather to direct my endeavours so soon as I should point them towards I the object of my search , than to exhibit THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 85.
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