Citations:playfully


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * On the evening previous to her being brought to my home, my mother had said playfully, "I have a pretty present for my Victor — tomorrow he shall have it." And when, on the morrow, she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift, I, with childish seriousness, interpreted her words literally and looked upon Elizabeth as mine — mine to protect, love, and cherish.
 * She was senseless, and I endeavoured by every means in my power to restore animation, when I was suddenly interrupted by the approach of a rustic, who was probably the person from whom she had playfully fled.