Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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Page vii
... Night's Dream , -and most especially Milton , in Paradise Lost , conform to this rule ; and the most humble no- velist , who seeks to confer or receive amusement from his labours , may , without presumption , apply to prose fiction a ...
... Night's Dream , -and most especially Milton , in Paradise Lost , conform to this rule ; and the most humble no- velist , who seeks to confer or receive amusement from his labours , may , without presumption , apply to prose fiction a ...
Page 5
... night , and my familiarity with them in- creased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea - faring life . These visions faded when I ...
... night , and my familiarity with them in- creased that regret which I had felt , as a child , on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a sea - faring life . These visions faded when I ...
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... I voluntarily endured cold , famine , thirst , and want of sleep ; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day , and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of 6 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... I voluntarily endured cold , famine , thirst , and want of sleep ; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day , and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of 6 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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Mary Shelley. nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advantage . Twice I actually hired myself as an under ...
Mary Shelley. nights to the study of mathematics , the theory of medicine , and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advantage . Twice I actually hired myself as an under ...
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... night the ice broke , and freed our ship . We , however , lay to until the morning , fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the breaking up of the ice . I profited of this time to rest for a ...
... night the ice broke , and freed our ship . We , however , lay to until the morning , fearing to encounter in the dark those large loose masses which float about after the breaking up of the ice . I profited of this time to rest for a ...
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