Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusSever, Francis, & Company, 1869 - 177 pages |
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... sometimes to sustain my own , when theirs are failing . This is the most favorable period for travelling in Russia . They fly quickly over the snow in their sledges ; the motion is pleasant , and , in my opinion , far more agreeable ...
... sometimes to sustain my own , when theirs are failing . This is the most favorable period for travelling in Russia . They fly quickly over the snow in their sledges ; the motion is pleasant , and , in my opinion , far more agreeable ...
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... sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppress him . When my guest was a little recovered , I had great trouble to keep off the men , who wished to ask him a thousand questions ; but I would not ...
... sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of woes that oppress him . When my guest was a little recovered , I had great trouble to keep off the men , who wished to ask him a thousand questions ; but I would not ...
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... Sometimes , on the very brink of certainty , I failed ; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realize . One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself ; and the moon ...
... Sometimes , on the very brink of certainty , I failed ; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realize . One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself ; and the moon ...
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... Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly , that I felt the palpitation of every artery ; at others , I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness . Mingled with this horror , I felt the bitterness of dis ...
... Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly , that I felt the palpitation of every artery ; at others , I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness . Mingled with this horror , I felt the bitterness of dis ...
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... sometimes the accomplice , of his vices ; which is the profession of a lawyer . I said that the employments of a prosperous farmer , if they were not a more honorable , they were at least a happier species of occupation than that of a ...
... sometimes the accomplice , of his vices ; which is the profession of a lawyer . I said that the employments of a prosperous farmer , if they were not a more honorable , they were at least a happier species of occupation than that of a ...
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Page 35 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Page 1 - ... preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion. Not thus, after all, would life be given. Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated; galvanism had given token of such things: perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and endued with vital warmth.
Page 114 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, or any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 50 - I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind and endowed with the will and power to effect purposes of horror, such as the deed which he had now done, nearly in the light of my own vampire, my own spirit let loose from the grave and forced to destroy all that was dear to me.
Page 35 - I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation ; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
Page 104 - I am alone, and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects. This being you must create.
Page 121 - Had I a right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats: but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race.
Page 34 - IT was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.
Page 50 - ... its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly informed me that it was the wretch, the filthy daemon to whom I had given life. What did he there? Could he be (I shuddered at the conception) the murderer of my brother? No sooner did that idea cross my imagination, than I became convinced of its truth; my teeth chattered, and I was forced to lean against a tree for support.