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Frankenstein ultimate quote list Flashcards

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an enterprise which

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you have regarded with such evil foreboding
(walton’s letters at the start)

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wind of

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promise (walton’s letters at the start)

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a land surpassing

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in wonder and in beauty every region (walton’s letters at the start)

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ardent

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curiosity (walton’s letters at the start)

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poets whose

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effusions entranced my soul (walton’s letters at the start)

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a most severe evil

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I have no friend (walton’s letters at the start)

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savage

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inhabitant (walton’s letters at the start)

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inexpressible

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grace (about Caroline, chapter 1)

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my mother’s tender caresses

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and my father’s smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me are my first recollections

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silken

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cord

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heaven

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sent (Elizabeth)

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bearing a celestial

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stamp (Elizabeth)

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13
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deeply smitten

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with the thirst for knowledge

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possessed by the very spirit of

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kindness and indulgence (victor’s parents)

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it was the secrets

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of heaven and earth that I desired to learn

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16
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sad

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trash

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17
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fervent longing to

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penetrate the secrets of nature

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18
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a most violent and terrible

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thunderstorm

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19
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curiosity and

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delight (when watching the storm in chapter 2)

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20
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blasted

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stump

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21
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destiny was too potent

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and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction

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22
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the consequences of this imprudence

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were fatal to her preserver (caroline because she looked after elizabeth)

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23
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my firmest hopes of future happiness were

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placed in the prospect of your union

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24
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i will endeavour

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to resign myself cheerfully to death

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25
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she veiled

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her grief (elizabeth’s sacrifice)

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26
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i ardently desired

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the acquisition of knowledge

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27
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take my station

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among other human beings

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28
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my mind was filled with

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one thought, one conception, one purpose

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29
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the labours of men of genius,

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however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of humankind

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30
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i paid no

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visit to geneva (chapter 3)

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31
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painful

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labour (chapter 3)

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32
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a new species would

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bless me as its creator and source

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33
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workshop

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of filthy creation

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34
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the beauty of the dream

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vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart

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35
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unable to compose

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my mind to sleep (chapter 5)

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36
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livid with

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the hue of death (the creature upon its creation)

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37
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one hand was

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stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped

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38
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a voyage of discovery

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to the land of knowledge

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39
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friends who

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love you dearly (elizabeth’s letter to victor)

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40
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the blue lake

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and snow-clad mountains - they never change

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41
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sweet laughing

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blue eyes (willliam)

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42
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one line - one word

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would be a blessing to us (elizabeth’s letter)

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43
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life appears to consist in

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a warm sun and a garden of roses

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44
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he again taught me

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to love the aspect of nature, and the cheerful faces of children

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45
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a serene sky and verdant fields

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filled me with ecstacy

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46
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the print of the murderer’s finger

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was on his neck

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47
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come, victor, not with

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brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds

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48
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the calm and

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heavenly scene restored me

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49
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vivid flashed of lighting

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dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire

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50
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depraved

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wretch

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51
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my own vampire,

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my own spirit let loose from the grave

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52
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i resolved to

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remain silent

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53
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who is safe if

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she is convicted of a crime? (Justine)

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54
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i commit my cause to

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the justice of my judges

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55
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fear and hatred of the crime

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of which they supposed her guilty rendered them timorous and unwilling to come forward

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when i see a fellow creature about

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to perish through the cowardice of her pretended friends, i wish to be allowed to speak

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57
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the fangs

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of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold

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58
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he who would spend

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each vital drop of blood for your sakes

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59
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the first hapless

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victims to my unhallowed arts

60
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solitude was

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my only consolation

61
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i the only unquiet

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thins that wandered restless in a scene so beautiful and heavenly

62
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i was tempted to plunge

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into the silent lake

63
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i ardently wished to extinguish

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that life which i had so thoughtlessly bestowed

64
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now misery

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has come home (elizabeth about the death of justine)

65
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i, not in deed but in

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in effect, was the true murderer

66
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the very accents

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of love were ineffectual

67
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naught had changed

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in those savage and enduring scenes

68
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3 descriptions of the creature

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devil, daemon, abhorred monster

69
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i aught to be

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thy Adam

70
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make me happy,

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and i shall again be virtuous

71
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i ate some berries

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which i found hanging on the trees

72
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feeling pain

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invade me on all sides, i sat down and wept

73
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radiant

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form (the moon)

74
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i wished to express

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my sensations

75
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the science of

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words and letters

76
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i longed to join them

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but dared not

77
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i saw no cause for their unhappiness

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but was deeply affected by it

78
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i viewed myself in a transparent pool…

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i became fully convinced that i was in reality the monster that i am

79
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it might be in my power

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to restore happiness to these deserving people

80
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the art of

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language

81
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my spirits were elevated by

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the enchanting appearance of nature

82
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angelic

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beauty (safie)

83
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i improved

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more rapidly than the arabian

84
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i heard details of vice

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and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and i turned away with disgust and loathing

85
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was i…

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a blot upon the earth?

86
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sorrow only

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increased with knowledge

87
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taught her to aspire to higher powers

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of intellect and an independence of spirit

88
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he loathed the idea that

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his daughter should be united to a christian

89
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safie nursed her with

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the most devoted affection

90
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my person was hideous

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and my stature gigantic

91
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i felt the greatest ardour

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for virtue rise within me, and abhorrence for vice

92
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accursed

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creator

93
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i am solitary

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and abhorred

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i cherished hope, it was true

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but it vanished when i beheld my person reflected in water

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the unnatural hideousness

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of my person was the chief object of horror with those who had formerly beheld me

96
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i am blind

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and cannot judge your countenance

97
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you raise me from

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the dust by this kindness

98
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felix darted forward, and

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with supernatural force tore me from his father, to whose knees i clung

99
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why did

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i live?

100
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i, like the archfiend,

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bore a hell within me

101
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inflamed by pain,

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i vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind

102
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unfeeling,

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heatless creator

103
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i felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure,

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that had long appeared dead, revive within me (because of nature)

104
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i too can create

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desolation

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it softened

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and attracted me (the picture of caroline)

106
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I am alone,

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and miserable

107
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my companion must be of the same species

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and have the same defects as me

108
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i am malicious because

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i am miserable

109
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did i not as his maker

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owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?

110
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i concluded that justice

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due both to him and my fellow creatures demanded of me that i comply

111
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to save them,

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i resolved to dedicate myself to my most abhorred task

112
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i passed

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whole days on the lake alone

113
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the fresh air and bright sun

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seldom failed to restore me to some degree of composure

114
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my future hopes and prospects are

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entirely bound up in the expectation of our union

115
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to me the idea of an immediate union

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with my Elizabeth was one of horror and dismay

116
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this deadly weight

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around my neck

117
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he was alive

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to every new scene (clerval)

118
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a being formed

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in the very poetry of nature (Leigh Hunte story of Rimini)

119
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i saw an insurmountable

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barrier placed between me and my fellow men, the barrier was sealed with the blood of William and Justine

120
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the spirit of

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elder days found dwelling here (Oxford)

121
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it was a monotonous

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yet everchanging scene

122
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obscure forebodings

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of evil

123
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i shuddered to think that

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future ages might curse me as their pest

124
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tore to pieces

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the thing on which i was engaged

125
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you are my creator

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but i am your master

126
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i shall be with you

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on your wedding night

127
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there was no sign of any violence

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except the black mark of fingers on his neck

128
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why did i not

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die?

129
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persecuted and tortured as i am and have been,

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can death be any evil to me?

130
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nothing, at this moment, could have given me

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any greater pleasure than the arrival of my father

131
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the appearance of my father

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was to me like that of my good angel

132
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our marriage would render me eternally miserable,

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unless it were the dictate of your own free choice

133
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the apple was

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already eaten

134
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Elizabeth alone had the power

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to draw me from these fits

135
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those were the last moments of my life

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during which i enjoyed the feeling of happiness

136
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she was there, lifeless and unanimate,

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thrown across the bed, her head hanging down, and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair

137
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the murderous mark

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of the fiend’s grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips

138
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a grin was

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on the face of the monster

139
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nothing is so painful to the human mind

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as a great and sudden change

140
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revenge kept me alive;

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i dared not die and leave my adversary in being

141
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i was cursed by some devil,

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and carried about with me my eternal hell

142
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i had money with me,

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and gained the friendships of the villagers by distributing it

143
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his soul is as hellish as his form,

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full of treachery and fiendlike malice

144
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learn my miseries

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and do not seek to increase your own

145
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i trod heaven

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in my thoughts

146
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you may give up your purpose

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but mine is assigned to me by heaven

147
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you hate me; but

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your abhorrence cannot equal that with which i regard myself

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