Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... seized with a burning thirst , and entreated her stepsister to accompany her to the cot- tage , that she might get a draught of water . At this the queen's daughter became only more ill - humoured , and said , " Is it not enough that I ...
... seized with a burning thirst , and entreated her stepsister to accompany her to the cot- tage , that she might get a draught of water . At this the queen's daughter became only more ill - humoured , and said , " Is it not enough that I ...
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... seized with an unconquerable desire to obtain the spinning - wheel , and moreover full of all kinds of guile , she thought she might for once run the risk . Thus it was agreed that the Troll should have the spinning - wheel , and that ...
... seized with an unconquerable desire to obtain the spinning - wheel , and moreover full of all kinds of guile , she thought she might for once run the risk . Thus it was agreed that the Troll should have the spinning - wheel , and that ...
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... seizing her by the heels , cast her headlong into the boiling fluid . So there was an end of the beldam well befitting so wicked a Troll . After a The prince and his beloved consort now took the golden spinning - wheel , the golden reel ...
... seizing her by the heels , cast her headlong into the boiling fluid . So there was an end of the beldam well befitting so wicked a Troll . After a The prince and his beloved consort now took the golden spinning - wheel , the golden reel ...
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... seized with a violent desire to see the beautiful maiden , and ascer- tain whether it were all true that the young men had related . He therefore rode out to hunt with his hawks and hounds , and penetrated far into the forest , to the ...
... seized with a violent desire to see the beautiful maiden , and ascer- tain whether it were all true that the young men had related . He therefore rode out to hunt with his hawks and hounds , and penetrated far into the forest , to the ...
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... seized with fear ; for they well knew what punishment awaited them , for having so ill attended to the king's bride . But the false crone devised another deception , saying , they should attire her own daughter as a bride , for then no ...
... seized with fear ; for they well knew what punishment awaited them , for having so ill attended to the king's bride . But the false crone devised another deception , saying , they should attire her own daughter as a bride , for then no ...
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