The Only Use
ignoble
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- Besides, in drawing the picture of my early days, I also record those events which led, by insensible steps, to my after tale of misery, for when I would account to myself for the birth of that passion which afterwards ruled my destiny I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources; but, swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys.†
p. 40.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(ignoble) dishonorable or lacking nobility
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)