Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... Continued by J. R. MORELL Thucydides , Wheeler's Analysis of . Wheeler's ( M.A. ) W. A. , Dictionary of Names of Fictitious Persons and Places . Wright's ( T. ) Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English . In 2 vols . each ; or half ...
... Continued by J. R. MORELL Thucydides , Wheeler's Analysis of . Wheeler's ( M.A. ) W. A. , Dictionary of Names of Fictitious Persons and Places . Wright's ( T. ) Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English . In 2 vols . each ; or half ...
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... continued with the children , and they were never weary of it as long as they were children , and it was only after they possessed the Tale that the garden and its flowers , the arbours and the grottoes , the woods and groves , afforded ...
... continued with the children , and they were never weary of it as long as they were children , and it was only after they possessed the Tale that the garden and its flowers , the arbours and the grottoes , the woods and groves , afforded ...
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... continued her walk , and the old woman re- mained sitting on her bench and shaking her head . But the queen's ... continued running ; though every time she put forth her hand to take the flower it was already away , and immediately ...
... continued her walk , and the old woman re- mained sitting on her bench and shaking her head . But the queen's ... continued running ; though every time she put forth her hand to take the flower it was already away , and immediately ...
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... continued stationary . The princess then stooped and plucked it , and placed it in her bosom , and was so overjoyed that she forgot both step- sister and everything in the world besides . For a long time the princess could not ...
... continued stationary . The princess then stooped and plucked it , and placed it in her bosom , and was so overjoyed that she forgot both step- sister and everything in the world besides . For a long time the princess could not ...
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... continued : " Now set the pot on the firé . " The princess did so . " When , now , the tar begins to boil , " said the old man , " cast your white lily into the pot . " This seemed to the princess a very hard command , and she prayed ...
... continued : " Now set the pot on the firé . " The princess did so . " When , now , the tar begins to boil , " said the old man , " cast your white lily into the pot . " This seemed to the princess a very hard command , and she prayed ...
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