Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... passed on ; the young princess grew from day to day taller and fairer , and every- thing she at any time desired was by her father immediately granted her ; many attendants being placed about her , for the sole purpose of being at hand ...
... passed on ; the young princess grew from day to day taller and fairer , and every- thing she at any time desired was by her father immediately granted her ; many attendants being placed about her , for the sole purpose of being at hand ...
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... passed in which the king was free from the solicitations of his daughter , who incessantly besought him to marry the handsome waiting - woman ; but he would not . Nevertheless , the princess would not desist from her entreaties , but ...
... passed in which the king was free from the solicitations of his daughter , who incessantly besought him to marry the handsome waiting - woman ; but he would not . Nevertheless , the princess would not desist from her entreaties , but ...
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... passed on which the princess did not 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 ...
... passed on which the princess did not 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 ...
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... 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 , the bushes gave way , and the princess beheld a huge gray wolf come rush- ing out of ...
... 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 , the bushes gave way , and the princess beheld a huge gray wolf come rush- ing out of ...
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... passed , the sun rose high in the heaven , and the air breathed warm over field and forest ; but the royal children and the little old man continued sitting on the mountain where we left them . They now observed a small cloud slowly ...
... passed , the sun rose high in the heaven , and the air breathed warm over field and forest ; but the royal children and the little old man continued sitting on the mountain where we left them . They now observed a small cloud slowly ...
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