All 9 Uses of
constant
in
Frankenstein
- For my own part, I begin to love him as a brother, and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion.†
Chpt Intr. *
- Her health, and even the tranquillity of her hitherto constant spirit, had been shaken by what she had gone through.†
Chpt 1
- "You may easily believe," said he, "how great was the difficulty to persuade my father that all necessary knowledge was not comprised in the noble art of book-keeping; and, indeed, I believe I left him incredulous to the last, for his constant answer to my unwearied entreaties was the same as that of the Dutch schoolmaster in The Vicar of Wakefield: 'I have ten thousand florins a year without Greek, I eat heartily without Greek.'†
Chpt 5
- It was from my own Elizabeth: "My dearest Cousin, "You have been ill, very ill, and even the constant letters of dear kind Henry are not sufficient to reassure me on your account.†
Chpt 6
- The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl in various laborious occupations within.†
Chpt 12
- I cherished hope, it is true, but it vanished when I beheld my person reflected in water or my shadow in the moonshine, even as that frail image and that inconstant shade.†
Chpt 15
- How inconstant are your feelings!†
Chpt 17
- I confess to you, my friend, that I love you and that in my airy dreams of futurity you have been my constant friend and companion.†
Chpt 22
- I carried pistols and a dagger constantly about me and was ever on the watch to prevent artifice, and by these means gained a greater degree of tranquillity.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(constant) unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly