 I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed ; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks.  The Quarterly Review - Page 3791818Full view - About this book
 | Hazel Simmons-McDonald, Rod Ellis - English language - 2002 - 358 pages
...held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, 25 if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the 30 greatest agitation, listening... | |
 | Rictor Norton - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 788 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the court-yard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where I remained... | |
 | Berthold Schoene-Harwood - Frankenstein (Fictitious character). - 2000 - 216 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped ... I took refuge in the courtyard . . . fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach... | |
 | Mary Shelley - Fiction - 2001 - 228 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but 1 did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed downstairs.... | |
 | Peter Ellison - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 124 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs. I Oh! No mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with... | |
 | Andrew Bennett, Clare Constant - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 164 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed downstairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where I remained... | |
 | Peter K. Garrett - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 260 pages
...references are to this edition, which reprints the 1818 text, along with Shelley's 1831 revisions. and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a...seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down the stairs" (53). His only other appearance before their encounter in the Alps comes when Frankenstein... | |
 | Gavriel Reisner - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 286 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. . . . one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed down stairs. (5:58)... | |
 | Tony Childs, Jackie Moore - English literature - 2003 - 166 pages
...through the window shutters, I beheld the wretch - the miserable monster whom I had created ... His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. Working in groups, analyse the ways in which the writer creates the gothic sense of fear and of anxiety.... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Fiction - 2004 - 294 pages
...He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds,...courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively,... | |
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