Both Uses of
incessant
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I prepared myself for a multitude of reverses; my operations might be incessantly baffled, and at last my work be imperfect, yet when I considered the improvement which every day takes place in science and mechanics, I was encouraged to hope my present attempts would at least lay the foundations of future success.†
p. 54.7incessantly = continuously
- The form of the monster on whom I had bestowed existence was forever before my eyes, and I raved incessantly concerning him.†
p. 63.2 *
Definition:
continuous -- often in an annoying way