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 vii
Mary Shelley. principles of human nature , while I have not scrupled to innovate upon their combinations . The Iliad , the tra- gic poetry of Greece , -Shakespeare , in the Tempest and Midsummer Night's Dream , -and most especially ...
Mary Shelley. principles of human nature , while I have not scrupled to innovate upon their combinations . The Iliad , the tra- gic poetry of Greece , -Shakespeare , in the Tempest and Midsummer Night's Dream , -and most especially ...
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... far more acceptable to the public than any thing I can ever hope to produce ) and myself agreed to write each a story , founded on some super- natural occurrence . The weather , however , suddenly became serene ; and X PREFACE .
... far more acceptable to the public than any thing I can ever hope to produce ) and myself agreed to write each a story , founded on some super- natural occurrence . The weather , however , suddenly became serene ; and X PREFACE .
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... 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 of national and professional prejudices ...
... 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 of national and professional prejudices ...
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... nature , that he will not hunt ( a favourite , and almost the only amusement here ) , because he cannot endure to spill blood . He is , moreover , heroically generous . Some years ago he loved a young Russian lady , of mo- derate ...
... nature , that he will not hunt ( a favourite , and almost the only amusement here ) , because he cannot endure to spill blood . He is , moreover , heroically generous . Some years ago he loved a young Russian lady , of mo- derate ...
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