Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... head in the blue heaven , from which there issued a brilliancy like flames of gold or the radiation of a precious gem . It hovered lower and lower , and the queen and the children beheld it . The latter exclaimed only , " Ah ! ah ...
... head in the blue heaven , from which there issued a brilliancy like flames of gold or the radiation of a precious gem . It hovered lower and lower , and the queen and the children beheld it . The latter exclaimed only , " Ah ! ah ...
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... head shook . The princess saluted her , as was her wont , in a friendly tone , with " Good evening , good mother ! may I ask for a little drink of water ? " you Yes , and right welcome , " answered the old woman . " Who are 66 you that ...
... head shook . The princess saluted her , as was her wont , in a friendly tone , with " Good evening , good mother ! may I ask for a little drink of water ? " you Yes , and right welcome , " answered the old woman . " Who are 66 you that ...
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... head . But the queen's daughter had been standing during the whole . time outside 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 ...
... head . But the queen's daughter had been standing during the whole . time outside 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 ...
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... head , and deeply marked by age ; hence the princess instantly concluded that she was no other than old Berta's sister . She greeted her , and received a welcome similar to that which she had met with from old Berta herself . The old ...
... head , and deeply marked by age ; hence the princess instantly concluded that she was no other than old Berta's sister . She greeted her , and received a welcome similar to that which she had met with from old Berta herself . The old ...
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... head - gardener speaking to his man , and bidding him fetch an axe that had been left among the trees . On hearing this , the queen said that Lilla Rosa should go after the axe . The head - gardener objected and said that so mean an ...
... head - gardener speaking to his man , and bidding him fetch an axe that had been left among the trees . On hearing this , the queen said that Lilla Rosa should go after the axe . The head - gardener objected and said that so mean an ...
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