Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... knew not why , and knew not what it was they longed for . One day , when the queen , their mother , a beautiful stately dame , with a mild benevolent countenance , ap- proached them , she was grieved to see them so sorrowful ; for they ...
... knew not why , and knew not what it was they longed for . One day , when the queen , their mother , a beautiful stately dame , with a mild benevolent countenance , ap- proached them , she was grieved to see them so sorrowful ; for they ...
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... knew how to put her words together ; added to all which she was as soft and pliant as silk ; but her heart was full of artifices and all kinds of falsehood . No sooner was the queen dead than she began to devise plans how she.
... knew how to put her words together ; added to all which she was as soft and pliant as silk ; but her heart was full of artifices and all kinds of falsehood . No sooner was the queen dead than she began to devise plans how she.
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... knew that it was her father , and also that he had got the three singing leaves , as she had requested . She ran to him , sprang up to embrace him , and bade him welcome with great affection . But at the sight of her the king was ...
... knew that it was her father , and also that he had got the three singing leaves , as she had requested . She ran to him , sprang up to embrace him , and bade him welcome with great affection . But at the sight of her the king was ...
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... knew not whether the prince were handsome or ugly , for she had never seen him . At this the queen broke forth with great warmth , clasped her hands together , and inveighed bitterly against the prince for concealing anything from his ...
... knew not whether the prince were handsome or ugly , for she had never seen him . At this the queen broke forth with great warmth , clasped her hands together , and inveighed bitterly against the prince for concealing anything from his ...
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... knew her . But after some time the queen died , and the king took another wife . The new queen also had an only daughter , but she was of a proud disposition and ugly of aspect , so that she acquired the name of Long Leda . Both ...
... knew her . But after some time the queen died , and the king took another wife . The new queen also had an only daughter , but she was of a proud disposition and ugly of aspect , so that she acquired the name of Long Leda . Both ...
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