All 3 Uses of
postpone
in
Frankenstein
- I postponed this attempt for some months longer, for the importance attached to its success inspired me with a dread lest I should fail.†
Chpt 15 *
- But you are distant from me, and it is possible that you may dread and yet be pleased with this explanation; and in a probability of this being the case, I dare not any longer postpone writing what, during your absence, I have often wished to express to you but have never had the courage to begin.†
Chpt 22
- My destruction might indeed arrive a few months sooner, but if my torturer should suspect that I postponed it, influenced by his menaces, he would surely find other and perhaps more dreadful means of revenge.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(postpone) delay until a later time