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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 The trial began, and after the advocate against her had stated the charge, several witnesses were called.
2 As he was proceeding along the sands, he struck his foot against something and fell at his length on the ground.
3 Several strange facts combined against her, which might have staggered anyone who had not such proof of her innocence as I had.
4 My rage was without bounds; I sprang on him, impelled by all the feelings which can arm one being against the existence of another.
5 It was situated against the back of the cottage and surrounded on the sides which were exposed by a pig sty and a clear pool of water.
6 For my own part, I do not hesitate to say that, notwithstanding all the evidence produced against her, I believe and rely on her perfect innocence.
7 Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds.
8 I resolved, therefore, that if my immediate union with my cousin would conduce either to hers or my father's happiness, my adversary's designs against my life should not retard it a single hour.
9 The injustice of his sentence was very flagrant; all Paris was indignant; and it was judged that his religion and wealth rather than the crime alleged against him had been the cause of his condemnation.
10 But it was not so; thou didst seek my extinction, that I might not cause greater wretchedness; and if yet, in some mode unknown to me, thou hadst not ceased to think and feel, thou wouldst not desire against me a vengeance greater than that which I feel.
11 It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
12 I know," continued the unhappy victim, "how heavily and fatally this one circumstance weighs against me, but I have no power of explaining it; and when I have expressed my utter ignorance, I am only left to conjecture concerning the probabilities by which it might have been placed in my pocket.