Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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Page 12
... sent one party to meet the king and bid him welcome ; but the other is going to the forest in search of you . ' At hearing this the princess was troubled , and was with dif ficulty induced to remain , but wished to go down 12 THE WERWOLF .
... sent one party to meet the king and bid him welcome ; but the other is going to the forest in search of you . ' At hearing this the princess was troubled , and was with dif ficulty induced to remain , but wished to go down 12 THE WERWOLF .
Page 31
... sent itself . So , going back to her residence , she did no- thing the whole day throughout but spin with the golden spinning - wheel . When evening drew nigh the princess arose , dried up her tears , and began to prepare for a new ...
... sent itself . So , going back to her residence , she did no- thing the whole day throughout but spin with the golden spinning - wheel . When evening drew nigh the princess arose , dried up her tears , and began to prepare for a new ...
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... sent down to the goose - house , to inquire of the wandering woman how the flesh could best be rendered perfectly tender and well - boiled . The princess did not re- quire asking twice , but answered : " It is the custom in my country ...
... sent down to the goose - house , to inquire of the wandering woman how the flesh could best be rendered perfectly tender and well - boiled . The princess did not re- quire asking twice , but answered : " It is the custom in my country ...
Page 35
... sent her stepdaughter up into the loft to watch corn . While she was sitting and watching , the little fowls of heaven came and flew twittering round the heap of corn , as if they wished to have a few grains . The king's daughter felt ...
... sent her stepdaughter up into the loft to watch corn . While she was sitting and watching , the little fowls of heaven came and flew twittering round the heap of corn , as if they wished to have a few grains . The king's daughter felt ...
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... sent the princess in like manner to watch the corn up in the loft . The damsel went , but in great anger , because so mean an employment had been assigned her . When she had watched a little while the fowls of the air came twittering ...
... sent the princess in like manner to watch the corn up in the loft . The damsel went , but in great anger , because so mean an employment had been assigned her . When she had watched a little while the fowls of the air came twittering ...
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