“I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life, and stir with an uneasy, half vital motion. Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.”
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English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, … 1797–1851Related quotes
“I am almost frighted out of my seven senses.”
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