EXAMINATIONS in Classic Quotes
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Quotes from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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1 To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death.
2 This was a new sight to me, and I examined the structure with great curiosity.
3 During these last days I have been occupied in examining my past conduct; nor do I find it blamable.
4 Now I was led to examine the cause and progress of this decay and forced to spend days and nights in vaults and charnel-houses.
5 On examining my dwelling, I found that one of the windows of the cottage had formerly occupied a part of it, but the panes had been filled up with wood.
6 The examination, the presence of the magistrate and witnesses, passed like a dream from my memory when I saw the lifeless form of Henry Clerval stretched before me.
7 Their first supposition was that it was the corpse of some person who had been drowned and was thrown on shore by the waves, but on examination they found that the clothes were not wet and even that the body was not then cold.
8 During this interval, one of the servants, happening to examine the apparel she had worn on the night of the murder, had discovered in her pocket the picture of my mother, which had been judged to be the temptation of the murderer.
9 Several other men were examined concerning my landing, and they agreed that, with the strong north wind that had arisen during the night, it was very probable that I had beaten about for many hours and had been obliged to return nearly to the same spot from which I had departed.
10 I suppose some astonishment was exhibited in my countenance, for Mr. Kirwin hastened to say, "Immediately upon your being taken ill, all the papers that were on your person were brought me, and I examined them that I might discover some trace by which I could send to your relations an account of your misfortune and illness."