All 8 Uses of
solemn
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- The abrupt sides of vast mountains were before me; the icy wall of the glacier overhung me; a few shattered pines were scattered around; and the solemn silence of this glorious presence-chamber of imperial nature was broken only by the brawling waves or the fall of some vast fragment, the thunder sound of the avalanche or the cracking, reverberated along the mountains, of the accumulated ice, which, through the silent working of immutable laws, was ever and anon rent and torn, as if it had been but a plaything in their hands.†
p. 99.2solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- He made, at that moment, a solemn vow to deliver him and then looked around for the means.†
p. 125.9 *
- Turning to him, therefore, I said, "I consent to your demand, on your solemn oath to quit Europe forever, and every other place in the neighbourhood of man, as soon as I shall deliver into your hands a female who will accompany you in your exile."†
p. 150.6
- I was bound by a solemn promise which I had not yet fulfilled and dared not break, or if I did, what manifold miseries might not impend over me and my devoted family!†
p. 157.2
- I left the room, and locking the door, made a solemn vow in my own heart never to resume my labours; and then, with trembling steps, I sought my own apartment.†
p. 171.6
- Everything was silent except the leaves of the trees, which were gently agitated by the wind; the night was nearly dark, and the scene would have been solemn and affecting even to an uninterested observer.†
p. 205.9
- They insisted, therefore, that I should engage with a solemn promise that if the vessel should be freed I would instantly direct my course southwards.†
p. 217.1
- "But soon," he cried with sad and solemn enthusiasm, "I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt.†
p. 225.7
Definition:
in a very serious (and often dignified) manner