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1  I threw the letter on the table, and covered my face with my hands.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
2  I threw down the oar, and leaning my head upon my hands, gave way to every gloomy idea that arose.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23
3  When she entered the court she threw her eyes round it and quickly discovered where we were seated.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
4  I threw myself into the chaise that was to convey me away and indulged in the most melancholy reflections.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
5  More than once the agitation into which these reflections threw me made my friends dread a dangerous relapse.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 21
6  She rose on seeing us enter, and when we were left alone with her, she threw herself at the feet of Elizabeth, weeping bitterly.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
7  I threw myself into the carriage that was to convey me away, hardly knowing whither I was going, and careless of what was passing around.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
8  Perpetual fretting at length threw Madame Moritz into a decline, which at first increased her irritability, but she is now at peace for ever.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
9  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
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 13
10  I threw the door forcibly open, as children are accustomed to do when they expect a spectre to stand in waiting for them on the other side; but nothing appeared.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
11  At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes, endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
12  All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus, the lords of my imagination; but by some fatality the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue my accustomed studies.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2