Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... seen floating above her head in the blue heaven , from which there issued a brilliancy like flames of gold or the radiation of a precious gem . It hovered lower and lower , and the queen and the children beheld it . The latter exclaimed ...
... seen floating above her head in the blue heaven , from which there issued a brilliancy like flames of gold or the radiation of a precious gem . It hovered lower and lower , and the queen and the children beheld it . The latter exclaimed ...
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... seen how everything will terminate . " Another interval passed , and the princess , and the prince , and the little old man , still continued sitting on the moun- tain . Then said the old man , " Turn about , fair maiden . Do you ...
... seen how everything will terminate . " Another interval passed , and the princess , and the prince , and the little old man , still continued sitting on the moun- tain . Then said the old man , " Turn about , fair maiden . Do you ...
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... seen , but was by far more splendid , ornamented with both gold and silver , and in all manner of ways ; but not a living soul was there . The princess now found pleasure in view- ing all the beautiful things to be seen in it ; and ...
... seen , but was by far more splendid , ornamented with both gold and silver , and in all manner of ways ; but not a living soul was there . The princess now found pleasure in view- ing all the beautiful things to be seen in it ; and ...
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... seen him . At this the queen broke forth with great warmth , clasped her hands together , and inveighed bitterly against the prince for concealing anything from his wife . ' And , " exclaimed she , " I must say that you are very unlike ...
... seen him . At this the queen broke forth with great warmth , clasped her hands together , and inveighed bitterly against the prince for concealing anything from his wife . ' And , " exclaimed she , " I must say that you are very unlike ...
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... seen the like . She was now overjoyed at being so near the dearest of her heart , and , without long consideration , went in . On opening the gate she saw a tall woman advancing towards her , so splen- didly attired that the princess ...
... seen the like . She was now overjoyed at being so near the dearest of her heart , and , without long consideration , went in . On opening the gate she saw a tall woman advancing towards her , so splen- didly attired that the princess ...
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