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1  The tale was quickly told, but it awakened various trains of reflection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Letter 4
2  This passion is detrimental to me, for you do not reflect that YOU are the cause of its excess.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17
3  I paused some time to reflect on all he had related and the various arguments which he had employed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17
4  Thus Elizabeth endeavoured to divert her thoughts and mine from all reflection upon melancholy subjects.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
5  As I sat, a train of reflection occurred to me which led me to consider the effects of what I was now doing.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 20
6  Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16
7  After a long pause of reflection I concluded that the justice due both to him and my fellow creatures demanded of me that I should comply with his request.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17
8  When I reflect, my dear cousin," said she, "on the miserable death of Justine Moritz, I no longer see the world and its works as they before appeared to me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 9
9  At first his countenance was illuminated with pleasure, but as he continued, thoughtfulness and sadness succeeded; at length, laying aside the instrument, he sat absorbed in reflection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
10  At this time a slight sleep relieved me from the pain of reflection, which was disturbed by the approach of a beautiful child, who came running into the recess I had chosen, with all the sportiveness of infancy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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11  I saw an insurmountable barrier placed between me and my fellow men; this barrier was sealed with the blood of William and Justine, and to reflect on the events connected with those names filled my soul with anguish.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
12  I spoke; I told them to retire and consider of what had been said, that I would not lead them farther north if they strenuously desired the contrary, but that I hoped that, with reflection, their courage would return.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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13  Idleness had ever been irksome to me, and now that I wished to fly from reflection, and hated my former studies, I felt great relief in being the fellow-pupil with my friend, and found not only instruction but consolation in the works of the orientalists.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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14  As the night advanced, a fierce wind arose from the woods and quickly dispersed the clouds that had loitered in the heavens; the blast tore along like a mighty avalanche and produced a kind of insanity in my spirits that burst all bounds of reason and reflection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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15  The interval was, consequently, spent in inaction; his grief only became more deep and rankling when he had leisure for reflection, and at length it took so fast hold of his mind that at the end of three months he lay on a bed of sickness, incapable of any exertion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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16  This interfered with the solitude I coveted for the prosecution of my task; yet at the commencement of my journey the presence of my friend could in no way be an impediment, and truly I rejoiced that thus I should be saved many hours of lonely, maddening reflection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
17  I do not know that the relation of my disasters will be useful to you; yet, when I reflect that you are pursuing the same course, exposing yourself to the same dangers which have rendered me what I am, I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral from my tale, one that may direct you if you succeed in your undertaking and console you in case of failure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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