Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... Queen Millet - Thief || 423 431 435 441 452 456 * With the exception of " The Girl clad in Mouse - skin , " all the Danish tales and traditions are from " Eventyr og Folkesagen fra Jylland , fortalte af Carit Etlar , Kjöb . " 1847 . + ...
... Queen Millet - Thief || 423 431 435 441 452 456 * With the exception of " The Girl clad in Mouse - skin , " all the Danish tales and traditions are from " Eventyr og Folkesagen fra Jylland , fortalte af Carit Etlar , Kjöb . " 1847 . + ...
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... 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 only looked at her with a mournful smile , instead of running to her full of ...
... 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 only looked at her with a mournful smile , instead of running to her full of ...
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... queen threw one of her full white arms round each of them , and said to them , in a gentle maternal voice , " My dear children , what is it you desire ? " 66 We don't know , dear mother , " answered the boy . " We are so melancholy ...
... queen threw one of her full white arms round each of them , and said to them , in a gentle maternal voice , " My dear children , what is it you desire ? " 66 We don't know , dear mother , " answered the boy . " We are so melancholy ...
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... queen and her children looked after it with astonishment . But , oh , wonderful ! when mother and children again cast their eyes downwards how were they astonished anew ! On the queen's lap lay a golden egg that the bird had laid ...
... queen and her children looked after it with astonishment . But , oh , wonderful ! when mother and children again cast their eyes downwards how were they astonished anew ! On the queen's lap lay a golden egg that the bird had laid ...
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... queen , her mother , fell sick and died . Now , it is easy to imagine that there was sad- ness not only in the royal court , but over the whole king- dom , for the queen was greatly beloved by all . The king himself was so deeply ...
... queen , her mother , fell sick and died . Now , it is easy to imagine that there was sad- ness not only in the royal court , but over the whole king- dom , for the queen was greatly beloved by all . The king himself was so deeply ...
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