Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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Page 45
... beautiful child she had ever seen , and showed signs even then of a gentle and affectionate disposition . These indica- tions , and a desire to bind as closely as possible the ties of domestic love , deter- mined my mother to consider ...
... beautiful child she had ever seen , and showed signs even then of a gentle and affectionate disposition . These indica- tions , and a desire to bind as closely as possible the ties of domestic love , deter- mined my mother to consider ...
Page 57
... beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished , the oak had disappeared , and nothing remained but a blasted stump . When we visited it the next morning , we found the tree ...
... beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished , the oak had disappeared , and nothing remained but a blasted stump . When we visited it the next morning , we found the tree ...
Page 60
... beautiful little fellow in the world ; his lively blue eyes , dimpled cheeks , and endearing manners , inspired the tenderest affec- tion . Such was our domestic circle , from which care and pain seemed for ever banished . My father ...
... beautiful little fellow in the world ; his lively blue eyes , dimpled cheeks , and endearing manners , inspired the tenderest affec- tion . Such was our domestic circle , from which care and pain seemed for ever banished . My father ...
Page 92
... beautiful season ; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest , or the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage : but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature . And the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around ...
... beautiful season ; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest , or the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage : but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature . And the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around ...
Page 98
... beautiful . Beautiful ! -Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath ; his hair was of a lustrous black , and flowing ; his teeth of a pearly whiteness ; but these luxu- riances only formed a ...
... beautiful . Beautiful ! -Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath ; his hair was of a lustrous black , and flowing ; his teeth of a pearly whiteness ; but these luxu- riances only formed a ...
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