Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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Page 12
... rides along the road at full speed . " That , " said the old man , " is a mes- senger from the king , your father . He will follow forth- with with his whole army . " Now was the princess glad beyond measure , and wished instantly to ...
... rides along the road at full speed . " That , " said the old man , " is a mes- senger from the king , your father . He will follow forth- with with his whole army . " Now was the princess glad beyond measure , and wished instantly to ...
Page 16
... riding along absorbed in thought , he suddenly heard sounds , as of harps and other stringed instruments , so exquisitely sweet , that it seemed to him he had never heard the like in his whole life . At this he was greatly as- tonished ...
... riding along absorbed in thought , he suddenly heard sounds , as of harps and other stringed instruments , so exquisitely sweet , that it seemed to him he had never heard the like in his whole life . At this he was greatly as- tonished ...
Page 18
... ride back with his attend- ants , and accompany the young princess , who was left sitting weeping by the green hazel - bush . She had not con- tinued there long , before the earth suddenly opened , so that she descended into a spacious ...
... ride back with his attend- ants , and accompany the young princess , who was left sitting weeping by the green hazel - bush . She had not con- tinued there long , before the earth suddenly opened , so that she descended into a spacious ...
Page 37
... riding by . On seeing the maiden as she sat working so sedulously , they were smitten with her beauty , courteously greeted her , and asked : " Why do you sit here , fair maiden , and knit so diligently ? " The king's daughter answered ...
... riding by . On seeing the maiden as she sat working so sedulously , they were smitten with her beauty , courteously greeted her , and asked : " Why do you sit here , fair maiden , and knit so diligently ? " The king's daughter answered ...
Page 68
... rides by and inquires to whom those fine goats belong , you must say they belong to the young princess at Cattenburg , who rides by the prince's side 68 THE PALACE THAT STOOD.
... rides by and inquires to whom those fine goats belong , you must say they belong to the young princess at Cattenburg , who rides by the prince's side 68 THE PALACE THAT STOOD.
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