JUSTINE in Classic Quotes

1  Poor Justine was very ill; but other trials were reserved for her.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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2  Madame Moritz, her mother, was a widow with four children, of whom Justine was the third.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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3  My aunt observed this, and when Justine was twelve years of age, prevailed on her mother to allow her to live at our house.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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4  When my dearest aunt died every one was too much occupied in their own grief to notice poor Justine, who had attended her during her illness with the most anxious affection.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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5  Justine, thus received in our family, learned the duties of a servant, a condition which, in our fortunate country, does not include the idea of ignorance and a sacrifice of the dignity of a human being.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
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6  This benefit was fully repaid; Justine was the most grateful little creature in the world: I do not mean that she made any professions I never heard one pass her lips, but you could see by her eyes that she almost adored her protectress.

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6