Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... forest in which the young prince had disappeared . She went , therefore , to her stepmother , and asked permission to go to the wood , that she might for a little while forget her heavy affliction . To her request the queen would hardly ...
... forest in which the young prince had disappeared . She went , therefore , to her stepmother , and asked permission to go to the wood , that she might for a little while forget her heavy affliction . To her request the queen would hardly ...
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... forest , and in the selfsame moment her eye fell on a spot where there stood a beautiful white lily in full bloom before her . On seeing it she was so glad , so glad , and instantly ran to gather it , but it vanished on a sudden and ...
... forest , and in the selfsame moment her eye fell on a spot where there stood a beautiful white lily in full bloom before her . On seeing it she was so glad , so glad , and instantly ran to gather it , but it vanished on a sudden and ...
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... forest ap- peared so dark and gloomy , that she did not trust herself to find the way through it . She was now exceedingly weary and exhausted , and saw no alternative but that she must remain for the night where she was . Sitting then ...
... forest ap- peared so dark and gloomy , that she did not trust herself to find the way through it . She was now exceedingly weary and exhausted , and saw no alternative but that she must remain for the night where she was . Sitting then ...
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... forest , like the cry of a wild beast , which came nearer and nearer , and passed into a hideous howl , so that the moun- tain re - echoed on every side . At the same time was heard a cracking and rustling among the trees , the bushes ...
... forest , like the cry of a wild beast , which came nearer and nearer , and passed into a hideous howl , so that the moun- tain re - echoed on every side . At the same time was heard a cracking and rustling among the trees , the bushes ...
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... forest ; and the princess recounted to him her sorrow and all the tears she had shed during his absence . Thus they ... forest . " The old man said , " They are your stepmother's servants . She has sent one party to meet the king and bid ...
... forest ; and the princess recounted to him her sorrow and all the tears she had shed during his absence . Thus they ... forest . " The old man said , " They are your stepmother's servants . She has sent one party to meet the king and bid ...
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