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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 A sod covers his gentle form, and he knows no pain.
2 I uncovered it, and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame.
3 Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure.
4 The gentle words of Agatha and the animated smiles of the charming Arabian were not for me.
5 What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people, and I longed to join them, but dared not.
6 The girl was young and of gentle demeanour, unlike what I have since found cottagers and farmhouse servants to be.
7 When I slept or was absent, the forms of the venerable blind father, the gentle Agatha, and the excellent Felix flitted before me.
8 The silver hair and benevolent countenance of the aged cottager won my reverence, while the gentle manners of the girl enticed my love.
9 His blind and aged father and his gentle sister lay in a noisome dungeon while he enjoyed the free air and the society of her whom he loved.
10 She is very clever and gentle, and extremely pretty; as I mentioned before, her mien and her expression continually remind me of my dear aunt.
11 Yet his manners are so conciliating and gentle that the sailors are all interested in him, although they have had very little communication with him.
12 I imagined that they would be disgusted, until, by my gentle demeanour and conciliating words, I should first win their favour and afterwards their love.
13 I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind, whose tastes are like my own, to approve or amend my plans.
14 The gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them to me; when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys.
15 It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration.
16 Her hair of a shining raven black, and curiously braided; her eyes were dark, but gentle, although animated; her features of a regular proportion, and her complexion wondrously fair, each cheek tinged with a lovely pink.
17 I admired virtue and good feelings and loved the gentle manners and amiable qualities of my cottagers, but I was shut out from intercourse with them, except through means which I obtained by stealth, when I was unseen and unknown, and which rather increased than satisfied the desire I had of becoming one among my fellows.
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