Frankenstein: or, The modern PrometheusG. and W.G. Whittaker,., 1823 |
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... far more acceptable to the public than any thing I can ever hope to produce ) and myself agreed to write each a story , founded on some super- natural occurrence . The weather , however , suddenly became serene ; and X PREFACE .
... far more acceptable to the public than any thing I can ever hope to produce ) and myself agreed to write each a story , founded on some super- natural occurrence . The weather , however , suddenly became serene ; and X PREFACE .
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The weather , however , suddenly became serene ; and my two friends left me on a journey among the Alps , and lost , in the magnificent scenes which they present , all me- mory of their ghostly visions . The ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The weather , however , suddenly became serene ; and my two friends left me on a journey among the Alps , and lost , in the magnificent scenes which they present , all me- mory of their ghostly visions . The ...
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... life . These visions faded when I perused , for the first time , those poets whose effusions entranced my soul , and lifted it to heaven . I also became a poet , and for one year lived in a Paradise of my THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 5.
... life . These visions faded when I perused , for the first time , those poets whose effusions entranced my soul , and lifted it to heaven . I also became a poet , and for one year lived in a Paradise of my THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 5.
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... became acquainted with the celebrated poets of our own country ; but it was only when it had ceased to be in my power to de- rive its most important benefits from such a conviction , that I perceived the necessity of becoming acquainted ...
... became acquainted with the celebrated poets of our own country ; but it was only when it had ceased to be in my power to de- rive its most important benefits from such a conviction , that I perceived the necessity of becoming acquainted ...
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88 psl. - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I F2 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.
80 psl. - What then I was. 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, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
86 psl. - I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open ; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom, with such infinite pains and care, I had endeavoured to form?
85 psl. - 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.
220 psl. - My imagination was vivid, yet my powers of analysis and application were intense ; by the union of these qualities I conceived the idea, and executed the creation of a man.
201 psl. - It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt, at the same time; and it was, indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses.
62 psl. - But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding-places.
251 psl. - I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames.
50 psl. - my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union. This expectation will now be the consolation of your father. Elizabeth, my love, you must supply...
247 psl. - Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all human kind sinned against me? Why do you not hate Felix, who drove his friend from his door with contumely? Why do you not execrate the rustic who sought to destroy the saviour of his child?