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1  She devoted herself to those whom she had been taught to call her uncle and cousins.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
2  My uncle is not pleased with the idea of a military career in a distant country, but Ernest never had your powers of application.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
3  For a long time I have thought that each post would bring this line, and my persuasions have restrained my uncle from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
4  It gave me the greatest pleasure to receive a letter from my uncle dated at Paris; you are no longer at a formidable distance, and I may hope to see you in less than a fortnight.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
5  My uncle will send me news of your health, and if I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, I shall need no other happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
6  I would not disturb you at this period, when so many misfortunes weigh upon you, but a conversation that I had with my uncle previous to his departure renders some explanation necessary before we meet.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
7  These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Letter 1
8  She nursed Madame Frankenstein, my aunt, in her last illness, with the greatest affection and care and afterwards attended her own mother during a tedious illness, in a manner that excited the admiration of all who knew her, after which she again lived in my uncle's house, where she was beloved by all the family.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8