Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... seemed only a many- coloured feather swimming in ether , then only a golden streak , and then vanished . During its ascent , the queen and her children looked after it with astonishment . But , oh , wonderful ! when mother and children ...
... seemed only a many- coloured feather swimming in ether , then only a golden streak , and then vanished . During its ascent , the queen and her children looked after it with astonishment . But , oh , wonderful ! when mother and children ...
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... seemed to the princess a very hard command , and she prayed earnestly that she might retain her lily ; but the old man said : " Have you not promised to obey me in all that I desire ? Do as I tell you ; you will not repent . " The ...
... seemed to the princess a very hard command , and she prayed earnestly that she might retain her lily ; but the old man said : " Have you not promised to obey me in all that I desire ? Do as I tell you ; you will not repent . " The ...
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... seemed to suffer much . I have since learned that they were no other than the wicked stepmother and her two daughters . PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ; OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . From South Småland . THERE was once , very , very long ...
... seemed to suffer much . I have since learned that they were no other than the wicked stepmother and her two daughters . PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ; OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . From South Småland . THERE was once , very , very long ...
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... seemed to him he had never heard the like in his whole life . At this he was greatly as- tonished , held in his horse , and sat listening , and the · longer he listened the sweeter did the sounds become ; 16 PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ;
... seemed to him he had never heard the like in his whole life . At this he was greatly as- tonished , held in his horse , and sat listening , and the · longer he listened the sweeter did the sounds become ; 16 PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ;
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... seemed to the king a singular condition ; but he thought on his young daughter , and on his promise , and assented to the prince's proposal . The leaves now no longer withdrew from his touch , and he easily gathered them , and full of ...
... seemed to the king a singular condition ; but he thought on his young daughter , and on his promise , and assented to the prince's proposal . The leaves now no longer withdrew from his touch , and he easily gathered them , and full of ...
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