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1  My companion will be of the same nature as myself and will be content with the same fare.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17
2  Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life and my endeavours for contentment.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
3  You are in the wrong," replied the fiend; "and instead of threatening, I am content to reason with you.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17
4  As a child I had not been content with the results promised by the modern professors of natural science.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
5  They did not appear rich, but they were contented and happy; their feelings were serene and peaceful, while mine became every day more tumultuous.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
6  But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2
7  Be happy, my dear Victor," replied Elizabeth; "there is, I hope, nothing to distress you; and be assured that if a lively joy is not painted in my face, my heart is contented.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
8  What I ask of you is reasonable and moderate; I demand a creature of another sex, but as hideous as myself; the gratification is small, but it is all that I can receive, and it shall content me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17
9  One or two stiff gales and the springing of a leak are accidents which experienced navigators scarcely remember to record, and I shall be well content if nothing worse happen to us during our voyage.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Letter 3
10  I left the house, the horrid scene of the last night's contention, and walked on the beach of the sea, which I almost regarded as an insuperable barrier between me and my fellow creatures; nay, a wish that such should prove the fact stole across me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20
11  She looked forward to our union with placid contentment, not unmingled with a little fear, which past misfortunes had impressed, that what now appeared certain and tangible happiness might soon dissipate into an airy dream and leave no trace but deep and everlasting regret.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
12  But death was no evil to me if the loss of Elizabeth were balanced with it, and I therefore, with a contented and even cheerful countenance, agreed with my father that if my cousin would consent, the ceremony should take place in ten days, and thus put, as I imagined, the seal to my fate.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
13  And now, behold, with the first imagination of danger, or, if you will, the first mighty and terrific trial of your courage, you shrink away and are content to be handed down as men who had not strength enough to endure cold and peril; and so, poor souls, they were chilly and returned to their warm firesides.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24