Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... Sisters who were entrapped into a Mountain The Widow's Son Lillekort All the Norwegian tales are from the Norske Folkeeventyr , samlede og fortalte af P. Chr . Asbjörnsen og Jörgen Moe , Christiana , 1850 . 288 293 · 300 PAGE The Three ...
... Sisters who were entrapped into a Mountain The Widow's Son Lillekort All the Norwegian tales are from the Norske Folkeeventyr , samlede og fortalte af P. Chr . Asbjörnsen og Jörgen Moe , Christiana , 1850 . 288 293 · 300 PAGE The Three ...
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... sister had spoken the truth . At last the mother herself placed her soft white hand on the egg ; and then what happened ? The shell fell apart , and from it issued a being wonderful to behold . It had wings , yet was not a bird , nor a ...
... sister had spoken the truth . At last the mother herself placed her soft white hand on the egg ; and then what happened ? The shell fell apart , and from it issued a being wonderful to behold . It had wings , yet was not a bird , nor a ...
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... sister and everything in the world besides . For a long time the princess could not sufficiently feast her eyes with ... sisters , and all the bitter words she must hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was ...
... sister and everything in the world besides . For a long time the princess could not sufficiently feast her eyes with ... sisters , and all the bitter words she must hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was ...
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... sisters coming out clad in deep mourning , and holding white handkerchiefs to their faces , and weeping bitterly . " The old man said , They are now pretending to mourn for your death ; but wait awhile , we have yet to see how things ...
... sisters coming out clad in deep mourning , and holding white handkerchiefs to their faces , and weeping bitterly . " The old man said , They are now pretending to mourn for your death ; but wait awhile , we have yet to see how things ...
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... sisters , not only in beauty , but in goodness of heart , and kindness of disposition . She was , consequently , greatly beloved by all , and the king himself was more fondly at- tached to her than to either of his other daughters . It ...
... sisters , not only in beauty , but in goodness of heart , and kindness of disposition . She was , consequently , greatly beloved by all , and the king himself was more fondly at- tached to her than to either of his other daughters . It ...
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