Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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... acquainted with my failure , and how heavily I bore the disappointment . But just at that time I inherited the fortune of my cousin , and my thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have passed since I ...
... acquainted with my failure , and how heavily I bore the disappointment . But just at that time I inherited the fortune of my cousin , and my thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have passed since I ...
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... acquainted with the celebrated poets of our own country ; but it was only when it had ceased to be in my power to derive its most important benefits from such a conviction , that I perceived the necessity of becoming acquainted with ...
... acquainted with the celebrated poets of our own country ; but it was only when it had ceased to be in my power to derive its most important benefits from such a conviction , that I perceived the necessity of becoming acquainted with ...
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... acquainted with him on board a whale vessel : find- ing that he was unemployed in this city , I easily engaged him to assist in my enterprise . The master is a person of an excel- lent disposition , and is remarkable in the ship for his ...
... acquainted with him on board a whale vessel : find- ing that he was unemployed in this city , I easily engaged him to assist in my enterprise . The master is a person of an excel- lent disposition , and is remarkable in the ship for his ...
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... acquainted with its contents ; and I continued to read with the greatest avidity . When I returned home , my first care was to procure the whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and ...
... acquainted with its contents ; and I continued to read with the greatest avidity . When I returned home , my first care was to procure the whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and ...
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... acquainted with other customs than those of my native country . My departure was therefore fixed at an early date ; but , before the day resolved upon could arrive , the first misfortune of my life occurred an omen , as it were , of my ...
... acquainted with other customs than those of my native country . My departure was therefore fixed at an early date ; but , before the day resolved upon could arrive , the first misfortune of my life occurred an omen , as it were , of my ...
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