Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... Sisters who were entrapped into a Mountain The Widow's Son Lillekort All the Norwegian tales are from the Norske Folkeeventyr , samlede og fortalte af P. Chr . Asbjörnsen og Jörgen Moe , Christiana , 1850 . PAGE The Three Aunts Rich ...
... Sisters who were entrapped into a Mountain The Widow's Son Lillekort All the Norwegian tales are from the Norske Folkeeventyr , samlede og fortalte af P. Chr . Asbjörnsen og Jörgen Moe , Christiana , 1850 . PAGE The Three Aunts Rich ...
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... sister had spoken the truth . At last the mother herself placed her soft white hand on the egg ; and then what happened ? The shell fell apart , and from it issued a being wonderful to behold . It had wings , yet was not a bird , nor a ...
... sister had spoken the truth . At last the mother herself placed her soft white hand on the egg ; and then what happened ? The shell fell apart , and from it issued a being wonderful to behold . It had wings , yet was not a bird , nor a ...
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... sister and everything in the world besides . For a long time the princess could not sufficiently feast her eyes with ... sisters , and all the bitter words she must hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was ...
... sister and everything in the world besides . For a long time the princess could not sufficiently feast her eyes with ... sisters , and all the bitter words she must hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was ...
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... sisters , not only in beauty , but in goodness of heart , and kindness of disposition . She was , consequently , greatly beloved by all , and the king himself was more fondly at- tached to her than to either of his other daughters . It ...
... sisters , not only in beauty , but in goodness of heart , and kindness of disposition . She was , consequently , greatly beloved by all , and the king himself was more fondly at- tached to her than to either of his other daughters . It ...
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... sisters , " why should we . do so ? It is already late , and the evening dew would spoil our silk - embroidered stockings . " But the princess cared little for that , and said , " If my proposal is not agreeable to you , stay here at 66 ...
... sisters , " why should we . do so ? It is already late , and the evening dew would spoil our silk - embroidered stockings . " But the princess cared little for that , and said , " If my proposal is not agreeable to you , stay here at 66 ...
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Page 163 - I am a poor traveller who am in search of the Beautiful Palace east of the Sun and north of the Earth : you can probably direct me to it, dear mother.
Page 166 - Stories," p. 158, the youth, who is in quest of the Beautiful Palace, East of the Sun and North of the Earth, is sent by an old woman to her old sister, who refers her to a still older sister.
Page 161 - I am a poor traveller in search of the Beautiful Palace east of the Sun and north of the Earth, whither no human being may come.
Page 463 - ... know what is written in the fourth commandment, " Thou shalt keep holy the Sabbath day " ? ' The questioner was our Lord himself. The wood-cutter was hardened, and answered : ' Whether it is Sunday on earth or Monday (Moonday) in heaven, what does it concern thee or me ? ' " ' For this thou shalt ever bear thy bundle of wood...
Page 135 - The lad was now a prisoner, but ate and drank and made himself comfortable. After some time had passed, the giant was desirous of ascertaining whether he were yet sufficiently fattened : he went, therefore, to the sty, bored a hole in the wall, and ordered the boy to put one of his fingers through. But the lad, being aware of his object, instead of a finger, put forth a peg of peeled alder. The giant made an incision in it, so that the red sap dropped from the wood; whence he concluded that the boy...
Page 274 - Harkye, now," said the Squire, "if you have a mind to ride into the wood, and hunt about and see if you can fall upon any one lurking about there, you shall have the loan of my horse, and a shilling into the bargain, to drink my health, for your pains.
Page 328 - What can be the matter with me? Is it I, or is it somebody else ? No, this can never be me, this must be some strange, large bird. But what shall I do to know if it is really myself or not ? Yes, now I know how * The dollar is equal to six marks. I can find out whether it is myself. If the calves lick me and the dog does not bark at me, when I go home, then it is really myself " The dog had hardly caught a glimpse of the strange animal that was entering the yard, before he set up a terrible barking;...
Page 293 - The youth did so, but he found the whole very heavy for him to carry. When he came back the horse said, that now he should strip and wash himself well in the kettle, which stood boiling in the next apartment. "I feel afraid," thought the youth, but, nevertheless, did so.
Page 298 - Neither did they; they were friends as long as they lived, and the one came often to visit the other. THE THREE AUNTS. THERE was once a poor man who lived in a hut far away in the forest, and supported himself on the game. He had an only daughter, who was very beautiful, and as her mother was dead and she was grown up, she said she would go out in the world and seek her own living. "It is true, my...
Page 297 - Hie! wilt thou go? hie! wilt thou go?" "No, no! he will stay there till he starves," said the king's men as they passed by, and laughed so heartily at him that they nearly fell from their horses. When they had all passed, he again ran to the linden, and came to the battle just at the right moment. That day he killed the enemy's king, and thus the war was at an end. When the fighting was over, the king observed his handkerchief tied round the leg of the strange warrior, and by this he easily knew...