Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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... am entitled , therefore , to judge respect- ing friendship . You have hope , and the world before you , and have no cause for despair . But I have lost every thing , and cannot begin life . anew c 5 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 33 · [ ...
... am entitled , therefore , to judge respect- ing friendship . You have hope , and the world before you , and have no cause for despair . But I have lost every thing , and cannot begin life . anew c 5 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 33 · [ ...
Page 35
... causes for repeating them . August 19th , 17— . Yesterday the stranger said to me , " You may easily perceive , Captain Walton , that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes . I had deter- mined , once , that the memory of ...
... causes for repeating them . August 19th , 17— . Yesterday the stranger said to me , " You may easily perceive , Captain Walton , that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes . I had deter- mined , once , that the memory of ...
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... causes of life , we must first have recourse to death . I became acquainted with the science of anatomy : but this was not suf- ficient ; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body . In my education my father ...
... causes of life , we must first have recourse to death . I became acquainted with the science of anatomy : but this was not suf- ficient ; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body . In my education my father ...
Page 83
... cause and progress of this decay , and forced to spend days and nights in vaults and charnel - houses . My attention was fixed upon every object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the hu- man feelings . I saw how the fine form of ...
... cause and progress of this decay , and forced to spend days and nights in vaults and charnel - houses . My attention was fixed upon every object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the hu- man feelings . I saw how the fine form of ...
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... cause of generation and life ; nay , more , I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter . The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture . After so much ...
... cause of generation and life ; nay , more , I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter . The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture . After so much ...
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