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1  Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me again.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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2  Prepare to hear of occurrences which are usually deemed marvellous.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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3  On hearing this information I suffered a temporary access of despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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4  Upon hearing this he appeared satisfied and consented to come on board.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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5  Very well, and very happy, only a little uneasy that they hear from you so seldom.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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6  He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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7  You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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8  On hearing this word, Felix came up hastily to the lady, who, when she saw him, threw up her veil, and I beheld a countenance of angelic beauty and expression.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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9  I felt the greatest eagerness to hear the promised narrative, partly from curiosity and partly from a strong desire to ameliorate his fate if it were in my power.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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10  His eloquence is forcible and touching; nor can I hear him, when he relates a pathetic incident or endeavours to move the passions of pity or love, without tears.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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11  He turned on hearing a noise, and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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12  Mr. Kirwin, on hearing this evidence, desired that I should be taken into the room where the body lay for interment, that it might be observed what effect the sight of it would produce upon me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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13  I knew my silence disquieted them, and I well remembered the words of my father: "I know that while you are pleased with yourself you will think of us with affection, and we shall hear regularly from you."
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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14  Even the sailors feel the power of his eloquence; when he speaks, they no longer despair; he rouses their energies, and while they hear his voice they believe these vast mountains of ice are mole-hills which will vanish before the resolutions of man.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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15  You may conceive my astonishment on hearing such a question addressed to me from a man on the brink of destruction and to whom I should have supposed that my vessel would have been a resource which he would not have exchanged for the most precious wealth the earth can afford.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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