Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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Page 7
... hear maledictions and hard words ; nor did the queen's daughters yield to their mother in wickedness . But a lot still more cruel awaited the young prince , the lover of the princess . While engaged in the chase he had lost his way ...
... hear maledictions and hard words ; nor did the queen's daughters yield to their mother in wickedness . But a lot still more cruel awaited the young prince , the lover of the princess . While engaged in the chase he had lost his way ...
Page 9
... 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 flower of which the old woman had spoken . She therefore proceeded further into the forest ...
... 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 flower of which the old woman had spoken . She therefore proceeded further into the forest ...
Page 10
... hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was absent , and on the beloved of her heart , whom she should never see again ; but abundantly as her tears flowed she noticed them not , so absorbing was her affliction ...
... hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was absent , and on the beloved of her heart , whom she should never see again ; but abundantly as her tears flowed she noticed them not , so absorbing was her affliction ...
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... hear all that had taken place . The princess returned to the goose - house , and there sat and wept , so that the tears ran down her cheeks as clear as the clearest pearls . When the Troll - queen learned how her cunning had succeeded ...
... hear all that had taken place . The princess returned to the goose - house , and there sat and wept , so that the tears ran down her cheeks as clear as the clearest pearls . When the Troll - queen learned how her cunning had succeeded ...
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... hear of her beauty . It happened one day that the beautiful herd - girl was sitting in the forest knitting a glove , while her cattle were grazing , when some young men came riding by . On seeing the maiden as she sat working so ...
... hear of her beauty . It happened one day that the beautiful herd - girl was sitting in the forest knitting a glove , while her cattle were grazing , when some young men came riding by . On seeing the maiden as she sat working so ...
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