Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... Brothers Grimm , Bechstein , and others . This circum- stance is very remarkable , as involving a degree of mystery not to be solved ; for of all those parts of Europe where such tales are extant among the people , Sweden seems to be ...
... Brothers Grimm , Bechstein , and others . This circum- stance is very remarkable , as involving a degree of mystery not to be solved ; for of all those parts of Europe where such tales are extant among the people , Sweden seems to be ...
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... brother who was exceedingly dear to her , and who in return loved her most tenderly . The young man had long since left home , and was in the service of a king in a far - distant land . But the other courtiers bore him a grudge on ...
... brother who was exceedingly dear to her , and who in return loved her most tenderly . The young man had long since left home , and was in the service of a king in a far - distant land . But the other courtiers bore him a grudge on ...
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... brother had said . The false crone answered : " He says we shall never again tread God's green earth , if thou do not cast thy gold casket into the sea . When Svanhvita heard this , she did as it had been told her , and cast her gold ...
... brother had said . The false crone answered : " He says we shall never again tread God's green earth , if thou do not cast thy gold casket into the sea . When Svanhvita heard this , she did as it had been told her , and cast her gold ...
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... brother had said . The false beldam now answered : 66 He says we shall never again tread God's green earth , if thou dost not cast thyself into the ocean . ' This Svanhvita thought very extraordinary ; but the wicked stepmother ...
... brother had said . The false beldam now answered : 66 He says we shall never again tread God's green earth , if thou dost not cast thyself into the ocean . ' This Svanhvita thought very extraordinary ; but the wicked stepmother ...
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... brother ! he's in the lion's den . Out upon Räfrumpa ! she sleeps in my lord's arms . " The duck continued : " Poor I ! I will come again two nights more afterwards I may never see thee again . " She then caressed the little dog , and ...
... brother ! he's in the lion's den . Out upon Räfrumpa ! she sleeps in my lord's arms . " The duck continued : " Poor I ! I will come again two nights more afterwards I may never see thee again . " She then caressed the little dog , and ...
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