Reading and Decoding English 6

Letter 2.1 Dauntless Courage

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This is an excerpt from Title: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley

To Mrs. Saville, England.

Archangel, 28th March, 17—.

Hou slole the tim passez her, enkompasd az I am bi frost and sno! Yet a seckond step iz taken towardz mi enterpriz. I hav hired a vessel and am okupid in kolekting mi salorz; thoz hoom I hav alrede engajd apear too be men on hoom I kan depend and ar sertanle pozesd ov dountles kurej.

But I hav won want hwich I hav never yet ben abel too satisfi, and the absens ov the objekt ov hwich I nou fel az a most sever evil, I hav no frend, Margaret: hwen I am glowing with the enthoozeazum ov sukses, ther wil be non too partisipat mi joi; if I am asald bi disapointment, no won wil endevur too sustan me in dejekshon. I shal komit mi thouts too paper, it iz troo; but that iz a poor medium for the komunikashon ov feling. I dezir the kompane ov a man hoo kood sempathiz with me, hoos iz wood repli too min. Yoo ma dem me romantik, mi dear sister, but I biterle fel the want ov a frend. I hav no won near me, jentel yet kurajus, posesd ov a kultivated az wel az ov a kapashus mind, hooz tasts ar lik mi on, too aproov or amend mi planz.

Letter 2.1 Dauntless Courage

To Mrs. Saville, England.

Archangel, 28th March, 17—.

How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow! Yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise. I have hired a vessel and am occupied in collecting my sailors; those whom I have already engaged appear to be men on whom I can depend and are certainly possessed of dauntless courage.

But I have one want which I have never yet been able to satisfy, and the absence of the object of which I now feel as a most severe evil, I have no friend, Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success, there will be none to participate my joy; if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection. I shall commit my thoughts to paper, it is true; but that is a poor medium for the communication of feeling. I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me, whose eyes would reply to mine. You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend. I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a cultivated as well as of a capacious mind, whose tastes are like my own, to approve or amend my plans.

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