Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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... dear sister of my welfare , and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am already far north of London ; and as I walk in the streets of Peters- VOL . I. R burgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon FRANKENSTEIN; ...
... dear sister of my welfare , and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking . I am already far north of London ; and as I walk in the streets of Peters- VOL . I. R burgh , I feel a cold northern breeze play upon FRANKENSTEIN; ...
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... dear Margaret , do I not deserve to accomplish some great pur- pose ? My life might have been passed in ease and luxury ; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh , that some en- couraging voice would ...
... dear Margaret , do I not deserve to accomplish some great pur- pose ? My life might have been passed in ease and luxury ; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path . Oh , that some en- couraging voice would ...
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... dear sister , how can I answer this ques- tion ? If I succeed , many , many months , perhaps years , will pass before you and I may meet . If I fail , you will see me again soon , or never . Farewell , my dear , excellent , Mar- garet ...
... dear sister , how can I answer this ques- tion ? If I succeed , many , many months , perhaps years , will pass before you and I may meet . If I fail , you will see me again soon , or never . Farewell , my dear , excellent , Mar- garet ...
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... dear sister , but I bitterly feel the want of a friend . I have no one near me , gentle yet courageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would ...
... dear sister , but I bitterly feel the want of a friend . I have no one near me , gentle yet courageous , possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would ...
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Mary Shelley. LETTER III . To Mrs. SAVILLE , England . MY DEAR SISTER , July 7th , 17- . I WRITE a few lines in haste , to say that I am safe , and well advanced on my voyage . This letter will reach England by a merchant - man now on ...
Mary Shelley. LETTER III . To Mrs. SAVILLE , England . MY DEAR SISTER , July 7th , 17- . I WRITE a few lines in haste , to say that I am safe , and well advanced on my voyage . This letter will reach England by a merchant - man now on ...
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