Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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Page 53
... continued to read with the greadest 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 stu- died the wild fancies of these writers ...
... continued to read with the greadest 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 stu- died the wild fancies of these writers ...
Page 69
... continued M. Krempe with warmth , " every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost . You have burdened your memory with exploded systems , and useless names . Good God ! in what desert land have you lived ...
... continued M. Krempe with warmth , " every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost . You have burdened your memory with exploded systems , and useless names . Good God ! in what desert land have you lived ...
Page 99
... continued a long time traversing my bed - chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured ; and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes , endeavouring to seek a few moments ...
... continued a long time traversing my bed - chamber , unable to compose my mind to sleep . At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured ; and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes , endeavouring to seek a few moments ...
Page 103
... continued walking in this manner for some time , endeavouring , by bodily exercise , to ease the load that weighed upon my mind . I traversed the streets , without any clear conception of where I was , or what I was doing . My heart ...
... continued walking in this manner for some time , endeavouring , by bodily exercise , to ease the load that weighed upon my mind . I traversed the streets , without any clear conception of where I was , or what I was doing . My heart ...
Page 105
... continued talking for some time about our mutual friends , and his own good fortune in being permitted to come to Ingolstadt . " You may easily believe , " said he , " how great was the difficulty to persuade my father that it was not ...
... continued talking for some time about our mutual friends , and his own good fortune in being permitted to come to Ingolstadt . " You may easily believe , " said he , " how great was the difficulty to persuade my father that it was not ...
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affection Agatha agony Albertus Magnus anguish appeared arrived beautiful became beheld beloved bestowed calm Clerval Cologny companion consola consolation Cornelius Agrippa cottage countenance cousin creature dæmon dared dark daugh dear Victor death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dreadful dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured entered eyes father favourite fear feelings Felix felt Frankenstein Geneva gentle grief happy heard heart heavens hope horror human Ingolstadt innocent journey Jura Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labours Leghorn light live looked manner marriage MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY mind miserable misfortunes MODERN PROMETHEUS monster Mont Blanc months morning mountains murder natural philosophy ness never night Paracelsus passed peace perceived pleasure rage reflect remained resolved revenge Rhine Safie scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow spirits strange suffered sunk Switzerland tale tears thought tion torture tranquillity vengeance voice wept wind wish wonder wood words wretch