Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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... and commanding than any which the ordinary relations of existing events can yield . I have thus endeavoured to pre- serve the truth of the elementary 1 principles of human nature , while I have not scrupled vi PREFACE .
... and commanding than any which the ordinary relations of existing events can yield . I have thus endeavoured to pre- serve the truth of the elementary 1 principles of human nature , while I have not scrupled vi PREFACE .
Page 32
... pass from him like a cloud from before the sun , though his dejection never leaves him . I have endeavoured to win his con- fidence ; and I trust that I have suc- · [ ceeded . One day I mentioned to him 32 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... pass from him like a cloud from before the sun , though his dejection never leaves him . I have endeavoured to win his con- fidence ; and I trust that I have suc- · [ ceeded . One day I mentioned to him 32 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
Page 67
... endeavouring to bestow mutual plea- sure , I was now alone . In the niver- sity , whither I was going , I must form my own friends , and be my own pro- tector . My life had hitherto been re- markably secluded and domestic ; and this had ...
... endeavouring to bestow mutual plea- sure , I was now alone . In the niver- sity , whither I was going , I must form my own friends , and be my own pro- tector . My life had hitherto been re- markably secluded and domestic ; and this had ...
Page 98
... endeavoured to form ? His limbs were in proportion , and I had selected his features as beautiful . Beautiful ! -Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath ; his hair was of a lustrous black ...
... endeavoured to form ? His limbs were in proportion , and I had selected his features as beautiful . Beautiful ! -Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath ; his hair was of a lustrous black ...
Page 99
... endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness . But it was in vain : I slept indeed , but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams . I thought I saw Elizabeth , in the bloom of health , walking in the streets of In- golstadt ...
... endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness . But it was in vain : I slept indeed , but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams . I thought I saw Elizabeth , in the bloom of health , walking in the streets of In- golstadt ...
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