Family Flashcards
Where
Where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days and no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses
Resembling
I had never yet seen a being resembling me or who claimed any intercourse with me
Superior
I looked upon them as superior beings who would be the arbiters of my future destiny
Win
I should first win their favour and afterwards their love
Detest
Bound
Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me
To whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us
Looked
When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me
Companion
My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects
Given
The filthy daemon to whom I had given life
Happier
No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself
Livid
Corpse
I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death
I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms
Peculiar
Smiled with such kindness and affection that I felt sensations of a peculiar and overpowering nature
Chiefly
What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people
Longed
I longed to join them, but dared not
Peculiarly
When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love
Protectors
My protectors had departed and had broken the only link that held me to the world