Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.
("Frankenstein")
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If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind.
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He seems to feel his own worth, and the greatness of his fall.
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Devil, do you dare approach me? and do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?
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My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy.
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