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1  My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2
2  We resided principally in the latter, and the lives of my parents were passed in considerable seclusion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2
3  You well know, Victor, that our union had been the favourite plan of your parents ever since our infancy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
4  She continued with her foster parents and bloomed in their rude abode, fairer than a garden rose among dark-leaved brambles.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
5  When I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
6  She thanked him in the most ardent terms for his intended services towards her parent, and at the same time she gently deplored her own fate.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14
7  On the birth of a second son, my junior by seven years, my parents gave up entirely their wandering life and fixed themselves in their native country.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2
8  There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
9  I am," said she, "the cousin of the unhappy child who was murdered, or rather his sister, for I was educated by and have lived with his parents ever since and even long before his birth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
10  You have travelled; you have spent several years of your life at Ingolstadt; and I confess to you, my friend, that when I saw you last autumn so unhappy, flying to solitude from the society of every creature, I could not help supposing that you might regret our connection and believe yourself bound in honour to fulfil the wishes of your parents, although they opposed themselves to your inclinations.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22