The author Mary Shelley use the word chimerical in that line because she said that the powers of Cornelius Agrippa were improbable and because she wanted to say this in a fancy way.
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BTW, Mary Shelley is the author of Frankenstein <span />
Take, for instance, the world of science. Scientists have to get or obtain, then organise, analyse, record and interpret all the data they have collected. On that basis, the world is enriched culturally and scientifically with reliable and mostly accurate research on our lives, our history, our role in the Universe.
Then, go back to revisit our history, starting with Galileo or Da Vinci who was a painter, an engineer and an inventor of his own time. Painters , for instance, throughout the human history, have communicated states of mind through symbols or simply innovated Art by their unthoughtful means of communication: brushes.
After reading the excerpt, the statement which best describes the excerpt is:
<span>"This is the minor premise of the Declaration of Independence."
It was in 1776 when</span><span> "The Declaration of Independence." was adopted at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. The thirteen American colonies declared then themselves as the thirteen independent states.</span>
Explanation: If you are in a group of..lets say rebels, you are under the influence of their actions and as they beckon you to join them in their rebellious acts you start to do things that are initally against your morals and beliefs. As you continue to give in to the peer pressure you begin losing your morals and beliefs.