Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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... of additional interest to the author , that this story was begun in the majestic region where the scene is principally laid , and in society which cannot cease to be regretted . I passed the summer of 1816 in PREFACE . ix.
... of additional interest to the author , that this story was begun in the majestic region where the scene is principally laid , and in society which cannot cease to be regretted . I passed the summer of 1816 in PREFACE . ix.
Page x
Mary Shelley. be regretted . I passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva . The season was cold and rainy , and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire , and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories ...
Mary Shelley. be regretted . I passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva . The season was cold and rainy , and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire , and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories ...
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... passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hardship . I accompanied the whale fishers on several ...
... passed since I resolved on my present undertaking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hardship . I accompanied the whale fishers on several ...
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... 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 answer in the affirmative ! My courage and my reso- lution is firm ; but my hopes fluctuate ...
... 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 answer in the affirmative ! My courage and my reso- lution is firm ; but my hopes fluctuate ...
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... passed all his life on board a vessel , and has scarcely an idea beyond the rope and the shroud . • But do not suppose that , because I complain a little , or because I can con- ceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know ...
... passed all his life on board a vessel , and has scarcely an idea beyond the rope and the shroud . • But do not suppose that , because I complain a little , or because I can con- ceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know ...
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