All 5 Uses of
innumerable
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I felt light, and hunger, and thirst, and darkness; innumerable sounds rang in my ears, and on all sides various scents saluted me; the only object that I could distinguish was the bright moon, and I fixed my eyes on that with pleasure.†
p. 106.3
- No wood, however, was placed on the earth, which formed the floor, but it was dry; and although the wind entered it by innumerable chinks, I found it an agreeable asylum from the snow and rain.†
p. 109.3
- I could mention innumerable instances which, although slight, marked the dispositions of these amiable cottagers.†
p. 116.1 *
- In the meanwhile also the black ground was covered with herbage, and the green banks interspersed with innumerable flowers, sweet to the scent and the eyes, stars of pale radiance among the moonlight woods; the sun became warmer, the nights clear and balmy; and my nocturnal rambles were an extreme pleasure to me, although they were considerably shortened by the late setting and early rising of the sun, for I never ventured abroad during daylight, fearful of meeting with the same treatment I had formerly endured in the first village which I entered.†
p. 121.6
- Look also at the innumerable fish that are swimming in the clear waters, where we can distinguish every pebble that lies at the bottom.†
p. 197.4
Definition:
too numerous to be counted