Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus, Volumes 1-2Whittaker, 1823 |
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Page 219
... sunk into sleep . " It was morning when I awoke , and my first care was to visit the fire . I un- covered it , and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame . I observed this also , and contrived a fan of branches , which roused ...
... sunk into sleep . " It was morning when I awoke , and my first care was to visit the fire . I un- covered it , and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame . I observed this also , and contrived a fan of branches , which roused ...
Page 32
... sunk me into the lowest dejection . In the Sorrows Werter , besides the interest of its simple and affecting story , so many opinions are canvassed , and so many lights thrown upon what had hitherto been to me obscure subjects , that I ...
... sunk me into the lowest dejection . In the Sorrows Werter , besides the interest of its simple and affecting story , so many opinions are canvassed , and so many lights thrown upon what had hitherto been to me obscure subjects , that I ...
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Mary Shelley. imagined ; his character contained no pretension , but it sunk deep . The dis- quisitions upon death and suicide were calculated to fill me with wonder . I did not pretend to enter into the merits of the case , yet I ...
Mary Shelley. imagined ; his character contained no pretension , but it sunk deep . The dis- quisitions upon death and suicide were calculated to fill me with wonder . I did not pretend to enter into the merits of the case , yet I ...
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... sunk to the ground . Again I rose ; and , exerting all the firmness of which I was master , removed the planks which I had placed before my hovel to conceal my retreat . The fresh air revived me , and , with renewed determination , I ap ...
... sunk to the ground . Again I rose ; and , exerting all the firmness of which I was master , removed the planks which I had placed before my hovel to conceal my retreat . The fresh air revived me , and , with renewed determination , I ap ...
Page 51
... sunk within me as with bitter sickness , and I refrained . I saw him on the point of repeating his blow , when , overcome by pain and anguish , I quitted the cottage , and in the gene- ral tumult escaped unperceived to my hovel ...
... sunk within me as with bitter sickness , and I refrained . I saw him on the point of repeating his blow , when , overcome by pain and anguish , I quitted the cottage , and in the gene- ral tumult escaped unperceived to my hovel ...
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