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" ... 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... "
Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus - Page 1
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1869 - 177 pages
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The Young Gentleman's Book: Containing a Series of Choice Readings in ...

1834 - 498 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,...
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International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science, Volume 3

1851 - 588 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...after all, would life be given. Perhaps a corpse would bo re-nnimated ; galvanism had given token of such things: perhaps the component parts of a creature...
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The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume 2

Edward Dowden - 1886 - 616 pages
...principle of life ? would it ever be discovered, and the power of communicating life be acquired ? — " perhaps a corpse would be reanimated ; galvanism had given token of such things." That night Mary lay sleepless, while moonlight struggled through the closed shutters of her bedroom,...
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Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Monsters - 1888 - 328 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,...
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The Life & Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1

Mrs. Julian Marshall - Women novelists, English - 1889 - 400 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head upon my pillow I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,...
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The Life & Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume 1

Mrs. Julian Marshall - Women novelists, English - 1889 - 402 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case till by some extraordinary means it began to move...manufactured, brought together, and endued with vital warmth. 142 think. My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose...
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Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) - 1897 - 312 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...life be given. Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated; galvinism had given token of such things : perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured,...
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The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 10

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 502 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,...
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Works, Volume 10

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904 - 500 pages
...was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...waned upon this talk, and even the witching hour had pone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could...
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The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori, 1816: Relating to Byron, Shelley, Etc

John William Polidori - Europe - 1911 - 244 pages
...principle of life ? Would it ever be discovered, and the power of communicating life be acquired ? Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated ; galvanism had given token of such things. That night Mary lay sleepless," etc.] June 1 6. — Laid up. Shelley came, and dined and slept here,...
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