Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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Page vii
... fiction a licence , or rather a rule , from the adoption of which so many exquisite combinations of human feeling have resulted in the highest specimens of poetry . The circumstance on which my story rests was suggested in PREFACE . vii.
... fiction a licence , or rather a rule , from the adoption of which so many exquisite combinations of human feeling have resulted in the highest specimens of poetry . The circumstance on which my story rests was suggested in PREFACE . vii.
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... feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing , gives me a foretaste of those icy climes . Inspirited by this wind of promise , my day dreams become more fervent and vivid . I try in vain to ...
... feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing , gives me a foretaste of those icy climes . Inspirited by this wind of promise , my day dreams become more fervent and vivid . I try in vain to ...
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... feeling . I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me ; whose eyes would reply to mine . You may deem me romantic , my dear sister , but I bitterly feel the want of a friend . I have no one near me , gentle yet courageous ...
... feeling . I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me ; whose eyes would reply to mine . You may deem me romantic , my dear sister , but I bitterly feel the want of a friend . I have no one near me , gentle yet courageous ...
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... feelings , unallied to the dross of human nature , beat even in these rugged bosoms . My lieutenant , for instance , is a man of wonderful courage and enter- prise ; he is madly desirous of glory . He is an Englishman , and in the midst ...
... feelings , unallied to the dross of human nature , beat even in these rugged bosoms . My lieutenant , for instance , is a man of wonderful courage and enter- prise ; he is madly desirous of glory . He is an Englishman , and in the midst ...
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... feeling the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so culti- vated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and un- paralleled eloquence . He is ...
... feeling the most poignant grief ? He is so gentle , yet so wise ; his mind is so culti- vated ; and when he speaks , although his words are culled with the choicest art , yet they flow with rapidity and un- paralleled eloquence . He is ...
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