Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... promised to obey me in all that I desire ? Do as I tell you ; you will not repent . " The princess then , with eyes averted , cast the lily into the boiling pot , although it grieved her to the heart ; so dear to her was the beautiful ...
... promised to obey me in all that I desire ? Do as I tell you ; you will not repent . " The princess then , with eyes averted , cast the lily into the boiling pot , although it grieved her to the heart ; so dear to her was the beautiful ...
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... promised to his youngest daughter . At this he was much disappointed , for he would gladly have gratified her as well as his other daughters ; but having no alternative , and the evening drawing on , he ordered his horse to be saddled ...
... promised to his youngest daughter . At this he was much disappointed , for he would gladly have gratified her as well as his other daughters ; but having no alternative , and the evening drawing on , he ordered his horse to be saddled ...
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... promised the first living being he should meet on his return . Now there was la- mentation and sorrow such as the like had never before been witnessed , and the king himself grieved more than all the others . The conclusion , however ...
... promised the first living being he should meet on his return . Now there was la- mentation and sorrow such as the like had never before been witnessed , and the king himself grieved more than all the others . The conclusion , however ...
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... promised , and therewith their conversation ended . On the following morning the princess made prepara- tions with clothes and costly ornaments to go to the wed- ding . When all was ready there came forth a gilded chariot , in which she ...
... promised , and therewith their conversation ended . On the following morning the princess made prepara- tions with clothes and costly ornaments to go to the wed- ding . When all was ready there came forth a gilded chariot , in which she ...
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... promised . On the following morning she made herself ready , as already described , to go to the wedding . The gilded car came forth , and in a few seconds she found herself in her father's court , where she was welcomed as on the ...
... promised . On the following morning she made herself ready , as already described , to go to the wedding . The gilded car came forth , and in a few seconds she found herself in her father's court , where she was welcomed as on the ...
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