DE LACEY in Classic Quotes

1  The name of the old man was De Lacey.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14

2  The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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3  She arrived in safety at a town about twenty leagues from the cottage of De Lacey, when her attendant fell dangerously ill.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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4  I ought to have familiarized the old De Lacey to me, and by degrees to have discovered myself to the rest of his family, when they should have been prepared for my approach.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16

5  My voice, although harsh, had nothing terrible in it; I thought, therefore, that if in the absence of his children I could gain the good will and mediation of the old De Lacey, I might by his means be tolerated by my younger protectors.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15

6  He quickly arranged with the Turk that if the latter should find a favourable opportunity for escape before Felix could return to Italy, Safie should remain as a boarder at a convent at Leghorn; and then, quitting the lovely Arabian, he hastened to Paris and delivered himself up to the vengeance of the law, hoping to free De Lacey and Agatha by this proceeding.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14