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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people, and I longed to join them, but dared not.
2 The difference of manners which he observed was to him an inexhaustible source of instruction and amusement.
3 I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man with calm and mild manners.
4 The silver hair and benevolent countenance of the aged cottager won my reverence, while the gentle manners of the girl enticed my love.
5 She thought her the model of all excellence and endeavoured to imitate her phraseology and manners, so that even now she often reminds me of her.
6 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.
7 The republican institutions of our country have produced simpler and happier manners than those which prevail in the great monarchies that surround it.
8 Krempe a great deal of sound sense and real information, combined, it is true, with a repulsive physiognomy and manners, but not on that account the less valuable.
9 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.
10 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.
11 Hence there is less distinction between the several classes of its inhabitants; and the lower orders, being neither so poor nor so despised, their manners are more refined and moral.
12 I saw few human beings besides them, and if any other happened to enter the cottage, their harsh manners and rude gait only enhanced to me the superior accomplishments of my friends.
13 His manners in private were even more mild and attractive than in public, for there was a certain dignity in his mien during his lecture which in his own house was replaced by the greatest affability and kindness.
14 Through this work I obtained a cursory knowledge of history and a view of the several empires at present existing in the world; it gave me an insight into the manners, governments, and religions of the different nations of the earth.
15 By the utmost self-violence I curbed the imperious voice of wretchedness, which sometimes desired to declare itself to the whole world, and my manners were calmer and more composed than they had ever been since my journey to the sea of ice.
16 The gentle and domestic manners it described, combined with lofty sentiments and feelings, which had for their object something out of self, accorded well with my experience among my protectors and with the wants which were forever alive in my own bosom.
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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