“ The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. ”
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818). copy citation
Author | Mary Shelley |
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Source | Frankenstein |
Topic | feelings life |
Date | 1818 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm |
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“but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.
The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation;”
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