Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... heard a voice greeting her with " Good evening , fair maiden ! Why do you sit here so lonely and sorrowful ? " She started and was greatly surprised , as may easily be imagined ; and on looking back there stood a little , little old man ...
... heard a voice greeting her with " Good evening , fair maiden ! Why do you sit here so lonely and sorrowful ? " She started and was greatly surprised , as may easily be imagined ; and on looking back there stood a little , little old man ...
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... heard from the 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 ...
... heard from the 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 ...
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... heard talk of THE THREE SINGING LEAVES , and them I wish to have before anything else in the world . " The king ... heard sounds , as of harps and other stringed instruments , so exquisitely sweet , that it seemed to him he had never ...
... heard talk of THE THREE SINGING LEAVES , and them I wish to have before anything else in the world . " The king ... heard sounds , as of harps and other stringed instruments , so exquisitely sweet , that it seemed to him he had never ...
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... heard , and the further he went the clearer and sweeter did they strike upon his ear . Having ridden some distance , he came at length to a hazel - bush , on the top of which were three golden leaves , which moved to and fro , and as ...
... heard , and the further he went the clearer and sweeter did they strike upon his ear . Having ridden some distance , he came at length to a hazel - bush , on the top of which were three golden leaves , which moved to and fro , and as ...
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... heard the tramp of horses , and the noise of people , and the clashing of arms , among all which she could distinguish the sweetest song ever listened to by mortal ears . At this she was overjoyed , for she knew that it was her father ...
... heard the tramp of horses , and the noise of people , and the clashing of arms , among all which she could distinguish the sweetest song ever listened to by mortal ears . At this she was overjoyed , for she knew that it was her father ...
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