Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... stood on Golden Pillars " La Of this tale there are the following foreign varieties : - 1. NORWEGIAN . - See Asbjörnsen og Moe , et sup . No. 28 . " Herrepeer . " 2. DANISH . - A fragment of the story , containing the princess's trial ...
... stood on Golden Pillars " La Of this tale there are the following foreign varieties : - 1. NORWEGIAN . - See Asbjörnsen og Moe , et sup . No. 28 . " Herrepeer . " 2. DANISH . - A fragment of the story , containing the princess's trial ...
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... stood in her eyes , from which a soul full of goodness beamed . " What we have does not afford us pleasure enough , " answered the girl . " We wish for something , and know not what , " added the boy . The mother was silent and troubled ...
... stood in her eyes , from which a soul full of goodness beamed . " What we have does not afford us pleasure enough , " answered the girl . " We wish for something , and know not what , " added the boy . The mother was silent and troubled ...
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... stood far in the dark forest . At the same moment the princess was seized with a burning thirst , and entreated her stepsister to accompany her to the cot- tage , that she might get a draught of water . At this the queen's daughter ...
... stood far in the dark forest . At the same moment the princess was seized with a burning thirst , and entreated her stepsister to accompany her to the cot- tage , that she might get a draught of water . At this the queen's daughter ...
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... stood the flower on the very edge , as brilliant and fair as the brightest star . She now began to climb up the mountain , caring for neither the stocks nor the stones that lay in the way , so great was her ardour . When she at length ...
... stood the flower on the very edge , as brilliant and fair as the brightest star . She now began to climb up the mountain , caring for neither the stocks nor the stones that lay in the way , so great was her ardour . When she at length ...
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... stood immovable , thinking it was a spectre . The old man then cried , " Fair maiden , hasten now down and gladden the heart of your father . " The princess did not wait to be told a second time , but , taking her lover by the hand ...
... stood immovable , thinking it was a spectre . The old man then cried , " Fair maiden , hasten now down and gladden the heart of your father . " The princess did not wait to be told a second time , but , taking her lover by the hand ...
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