Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... daughter , who incessantly besought him to marry the handsome waiting - woman ; but he would not . Nevertheless ... daughter grew up to be the fairest maid in all the land ; while the queen's daughters were as ugly in person as in ...
... daughter , who incessantly besought him to marry the handsome waiting - woman ; but he would not . Nevertheless ... daughter grew up to be the fairest maid in all the land ; while the queen's daughters were as ugly in person as in ...
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... daughter following all the while , with a heart full of rancorous feeling for the princess and her grief . After having wandered about for some time they came to a small cottage that stood far in the dark forest . At the same moment the ...
... daughter following all the while , with a heart full of rancorous feeling for the princess and her grief . After having wandered about for some time they came to a small cottage that stood far in the dark forest . At the same moment the ...
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... daughter did so , and the old man then said , " Place yourself on the brink of the mountain . " The princess did so , and at the same moment perceived the queen and her daughters coming along the road just beneath the mountain where ...
... daughter did so , and the old man then said , " Place yourself on the brink of the mountain . " The princess did so , and at the same moment perceived the queen and her daughters coming along the road just beneath the mountain where ...
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... daughter on the young prince ; and their nuptials were celebrated with games and rejoicings for many days . And I ... daughters . PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ; OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . From South Småland . THERE was once , very ...
... daughter on the young prince ; and their nuptials were celebrated with games and rejoicings for many days . And I ... daughters . PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ; OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . From South Småland . THERE was once , very ...
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... daughter . At this he was much disappointed , for he would gladly have gratified her as well as his other daughters ; but having no alternative , and the evening drawing on , he ordered his horse to be saddled , summoned his attendants ...
... daughter . At this he was much disappointed , for he would gladly have gratified her as well as his other daughters ; but having no alternative , and the evening drawing on , he ordered his horse to be saddled , summoned his attendants ...
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