POSSESSION in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 A small possession on the shores of Como belonged to her.
2 My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence.
3 All praises bestowed on her I received as made to a possession of my own.
4 It requires more philosophy than I possess to bear this injustice with patience.
5 He endeavours to fill me with hope and talks as if life were a possession which he valued.
6 But Caroline Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage rose to support her in her adversity.
7 I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow creatures were high and unsullied descent united with riches.
8 We possessed a house in Geneva, and a campagne on Belrive, the eastern shore of the lake, at the distance of rather more than a league from the city.
9 There only remained a resolution to return to my ancient studies and to devote myself to a science for which I believed myself to possess a natural talent.
10 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.
11 I was aware also that I should often lose all self-command, all capacity of hiding the harrowing sensations that would possess me during the progress of my unearthly occupation.
12 So strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it, although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession.
13 I have hired a vessel and am occupied in collecting my sailors; those whom I have already engaged appear to be men on whom I can depend and are certainly possessed of dauntless courage.
14 As Mr. Kirwin said this, notwithstanding the agitation I endured on this retrospect of my sufferings, I also felt considerable surprise at the knowledge he seemed to possess concerning me.
15 The possession of these treasures gave me extreme delight; I now continually studied and exercised my mind upon these histories, whilst my friends were employed in their ordinary occupations.
16 I ordered it to be repaired, bought some furniture, and took possession, an incident which would doubtless have occasioned some surprise had not all the senses of the cottagers been benumbed by want and squalid poverty.
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