Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... door The Wreath The Knights ' Cellar in the Kyffhäuser The Wonderful Flower The Goatherd The Dweller in the Ilsenstein The Rosstrappe , or Horse's Foot - mark The Dummburg Hackelnberg Honesty is the best Policy The Devil's Mill . The ...
... door The Wreath The Knights ' Cellar in the Kyffhäuser The Wonderful Flower The Goatherd The Dweller in the Ilsenstein The Rosstrappe , or Horse's Foot - mark The Dummburg Hackelnberg Honesty is the best Policy The Devil's Mill . The ...
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... door , murmuring and fretting that the princess staid so long . When she came out she had to hear much chiding from her stepsister , as was to be expected ; but to this she gave very little heed , thinking only how she should find the ...
... door , murmuring and fretting that the princess staid so long . When she came out she had to hear much chiding from her stepsister , as was to be expected ; but to this she gave very little heed , thinking only how she should find the ...
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... door was opened , and a man entered , who proceeded straight to the bed , bade her wel- come with many affectionate words , and said that he was the master of the place , and that he was Prince Hatt . The prince added , that , through ...
... door was opened , and a man entered , who proceeded straight to the bed , bade her wel- come with many affectionate words , and said that he was the master of the place , and that he was Prince Hatt . The prince added , that , through ...
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... door of which stood open , so that the light of the fire shone red through the darkness . The princess did not long hesitate , but entered the moun- tain cave , where she again found a great multitude of Trolls , both male and female ...
... door of which stood open , so that the light of the fire shone red through the darkness . The princess did not long hesitate , but entered the moun- tain cave , where she again found a great multitude of Trolls , both male and female ...
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... door , listening to the conversa- tion ; and when the figure was about to depart , he took his silver - bladed knife and wounded her left little finger , so that there came forth three drops of blood . The sorcery was then at an end ...
... door , listening to the conversa- tion ; and when the figure was about to depart , he took his silver - bladed knife and wounded her left little finger , so that there came forth three drops of blood . The sorcery was then at an end ...
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