Frankenstein: or, The modern PrometheusG. and W.G. Whittaker,., 1823 |
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... wood fire , and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts , which happened to fall into our hands . These tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom ...
... wood fire , and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts , which happened to fall into our hands . These tales excited in us a playful desire of imitation . Two other friends ( a tale from the pen of one of whom ...
Pàgina 57
... wood . I never beheld any thing so utterly destroyed . 66 The catastrophe of this tree excited my extreme astonishment ; and I eagerly inquired of my father the nature and origin of thunder and lightning . He re- plied , Electricity ...
... wood . I never beheld any thing so utterly destroyed . 66 The catastrophe of this tree excited my extreme astonishment ; and I eagerly inquired of my father the nature and origin of thunder and lightning . He re- plied , Electricity ...
Pàgina 218
... wood . I quickly collected some branches ; but they were wet , and would not burn . I was pained at this , and sat still watching the operation of the fire . The wet wood which I had placed near the heat dried , and itself became ...
... wood . I quickly collected some branches ; but they were wet , and would not burn . I was pained at this , and sat still watching the operation of the fire . The wet wood which I had placed near the heat dried , and itself became ...
Pàgina 219
... wood , that I might dry it , and have a plentiful supply of fire . When night came on , and brought sleep with it , I was in the greatest fear lest my fire should be extinguished . I covered it carefully with dry wood and leaves , and ...
... wood , that I might dry it , and have a plentiful supply of fire . When night came on , and brought sleep with it , I was in the greatest fear lest my fire should be extinguished . I covered it carefully with dry wood and leaves , and ...
Pàgina 221
... wood towards the setting sun . I passed three days in these rambles , and at length discovered the open country . A great fall of snow had taken place the night before , and the fields were of one uniform white ; the appearance was ...
... wood towards the setting sun . I passed three days in these rambles , and at length discovered the open country . A great fall of snow had taken place the night before , and the fields were of one uniform white ; the appearance was ...
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Pàgina 88 - 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.
Pàgina 80 - 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.
Pàgina 86 - 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?
Pàgina 85 - 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.
Pàgina 220 - 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.
Pàgina 201 - 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.
Pàgina 62 - 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.
Pàgina 251 - 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.
Pàgina 50 - 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...
Pàgina 247 - 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?