Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... length laid one of her rosy fingers upon it , and suddenly exclaimed , while a deep red overspread her innocent coun- tenance , " The egg is warm ! " And then the boy gave it a gentle touch , to feel whether his sister had spoken the ...
... length laid one of her rosy fingers upon it , and suddenly exclaimed , while a deep red overspread her innocent coun- tenance , " The egg is warm ! " And then the boy gave it a gentle touch , to feel whether his sister had spoken the ...
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... length the prin- cess could not believe otherwise than that all the woman said was true . She therefore asked her what description of wife it were most desirable that the king should select . The woman , in many words , all sweet as ...
... length the prin- cess could not believe otherwise than that all the woman said was true . She therefore asked her what description of wife it were most desirable that the king should select . The woman , in many words , all sweet as ...
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... length came to a high mountain , when on casting her eyes up to the summit , there stood the flower on the very edge , as brilliant and fair as the brightest star . She now began to climb up the mountain , caring for neither the stocks ...
... length came to a high mountain , when on casting her eyes up to the summit , there stood the flower on the very edge , as brilliant and fair as the brightest star . She now began to climb up the mountain , caring for neither the stocks ...
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... length said , “ There is one thing that I would gladly have , if only I might venture to ask it of my father . " " What may that be ? " inquired the king . Say what it is , and if it be in my power , you shall have it . " It is this ...
... length said , “ There is one thing that I would gladly have , if only I might venture to ask it of my father . " " What may that be ? " inquired the king . Say what it is , and if it be in my power , you shall have it . " It is this ...
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... length , however , he related to her all that had taken place in connection with the leaves , and that he had promised the first living being he should meet on his return . Now there was la- mentation and sorrow such as the like had ...
... length , however , he related to her all that had taken place in connection with the leaves , and that he had promised the first living being he should meet on his return . Now there was la- mentation and sorrow such as the like had ...
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