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1  The lady was dressed in a dark suit and covered with a thick black veil.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13
2  The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
3  I discovered more distinctly the black sides of Jura, and the bright summit of Mont Blanc.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
4  As my sickness quitted me, I was absorbed by a gloomy and black melancholy that nothing could dissipate.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21
5  We saw many ruined castles standing on the edges of precipices, surrounded by black woods, high and inaccessible.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
6  He had apparently been strangled, for there was no sign of any violence except the black mark of fingers on his neck.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21
7  As the sun became warmer and the light of day longer, the snow vanished, and I beheld the bare trees and the black earth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12
8  I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
9  He appeared about fifty years of age, but with an aspect expressive of the greatest benevolence; a few grey hairs covered his temples, but those at the back of his head were nearly black.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
10  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.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13
11  My father saw this change with pleasure, and he turned his thoughts towards the best method of eradicating the remains of my melancholy, which every now and then would return by fits, and with a devouring blackness overcast the approaching sunshine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
12  Sometimes they were the expressive eyes of Henry, languishing in death, the dark orbs nearly covered by the lids and the long black lashes that fringed them; sometimes it was the watery, clouded eyes of the monster, as I first saw them in my chamber at Ingolstadt.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21
13  It was eight o'clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of waters, woods, and mountains, obscured in darkness, yet still displaying their black outlines.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23