Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. [By M. W. Shelley.], Volume 1Lackington, Hughes, Harding, 1818 |
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Page 6
... thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have 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 ...
... thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have 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 ...
Page 11
... thoughts to paper , it is true ; but that is a poor medium for the communica- tion of feeling . I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me ; whose eyes would reply to mine . You may deem me romantic , my dear sister ...
... thoughts to paper , it is true ; but that is a poor medium for the communica- tion of feeling . I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me ; whose eyes would reply to mine . You may deem me romantic , my dear sister ...
Page 12
... thought more , and that my day dreams are more extended and 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 ...
... thought more , and that my day dreams are more extended and 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 ...
Page 22
... thoughts , when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention , and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of ...
... thoughts , when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention , and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of ...
Page 29
... thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge ? I re- plied , that I could not answer with any degree of certainty ; for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveller might have arrived at a ...
... thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge ? I re- plied , that I could not answer with any degree of certainty ; for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveller might have arrived at a ...
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