DISTINCTION in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 No distinct ideas occupied my mind; all was confused.
2 I discovered more distinctly the black sides of Jura, and the bright summit of Mont Blanc.
3 Some miracle might have produced it, yet the stages of the discovery were distinct and probable.
4 My sensations had by this time become distinct, and my mind received every day additional ideas.
5 His son was bred in the service of his country, and Agatha had ranked with ladies of the highest distinction.
6 Her hair was the brightest living gold, and despite the poverty of her clothing, seemed to set a crown of distinction on her head.
7 When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love.
8 Hence there is less distinction between the several classes of its inhabitants; and the lower orders, being neither so poor nor so despised, their manners are more refined and moral.
9 As the images that floated before me became more distinct, I grew feverish; a darkness pressed around me; no one was near me who soothed me with the gentle voice of love; no dear hand supported me.
10 There were women weeping around; I hung over it and joined my sad tears to theirs; all this time no distinct idea presented itself to my mind, but my thoughts rambled to various subjects, reflecting confusedly on my misfortunes and their cause.
11 Her brow was clear and ample, her blue eyes cloudless, and her lips and the moulding of her face so expressive of sensibility and sweetness that none could behold her without looking on her as of a distinct species, a being heaven-sent, and bearing a celestial stamp in all her features.
12 The sleep into which I now sank refreshed me; and when I awoke, I again felt as if I belonged to a race of human beings like myself, and I began to reflect upon what had passed with greater composure; yet still the words of the fiend rang in my ears like a death-knell; they appeared like a dream, yet distinct and oppressive as a reality.