... preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion. Not thus, after all, would life be given. Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated; galvanism had given token of such things: perhaps... Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus - Página 1por Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1869 - 177 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1834 - 498 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,... | |
| 1851 - 588 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...after all, would life be given. Perhaps a corpse would bo re-nnimated ; galvanism had given token of such things: perhaps the component parts of a creature... | |
| Edward Dowden - 1886 - 616 páginas
...principle of life ? would it ever be discovered, and the power of communicating life be acquired ? — " perhaps a corpse would be reanimated ; galvanism had given token of such things." That night Mary lay sleepless, while moonlight struggled through the closed shutters of her bedroom,... | |
| Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1888 - 328 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,... | |
| Mrs. Julian Marshall - 1889 - 400 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head upon my pillow I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,... | |
| Mrs. Julian Marshall - 1889 - 402 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him), who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case till by some extraordinary means it began to move...manufactured, brought together, and endued with vital warmth. 142 think. My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose... | |
| Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1897 - 312 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...life be given. Perhaps a corpse would be re-animated; galvinism had given token of such things : perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 500 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...hour had gone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could I be said to think. My imagination, unbidden,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904 - 500 páginas
...was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move...waned upon this talk, and even the witching hour had pone by, before we retired to rest. When I placed my head on my pillow, I did not sleep, nor could... | |
| John William Polidori - 1911 - 244 páginas
...principle of life ? Would it ever be discovered, and the power of communicating life be acquired ? Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated ; galvanism had given token of such things. That night Mary lay sleepless," etc.] June 1 6. — Laid up. Shelley came, and dined and slept here,... | |
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