Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... soon forgot the bird that had laid it . At first they did not venture to touch it ; but the girl at length laid one of her rosy fingers upon it , and suddenly exclaimed , while a deep red overspread her innocent coun- tenance , " The ...
... soon forgot the bird that had laid it . At first they did not venture to touch it ; but the girl at length laid one of her rosy fingers upon it , and suddenly exclaimed , while a deep red overspread her innocent coun- tenance , " The ...
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... soon as they desired . Those royal children are human beings in their childhood's paradise , and nature is their beautiful , gentle mother . She wished the wondrous bird Imagination down from heaven , which has such splendid golden ...
... soon as they desired . Those royal children are human beings in their childhood's paradise , and nature is their beautiful , gentle mother . She wished the wondrous bird Imagination down from heaven , which has such splendid golden ...
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... soon offered itself to her ; for just at that time intelligence was received that an enemy had invaded the country , so that the king was obliged to take the field . The princess was now soon made to learn what kind of a stepmother she ...
... soon offered itself to her ; for just at that time intelligence was received that an enemy had invaded the country , so that the king was obliged to take the field . The princess was now soon made to learn what kind of a stepmother she ...
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... soon pass over . " The king inquired further : " Formerly gold rings fell from her mouth every time my queen laughed , now toads and frogs spring forth ; formerly red roses grew in her footsteps , but now only thistles and thorns . What ...
... soon pass over . " The king inquired further : " Formerly gold rings fell from her mouth every time my queen laughed , now toads and frogs spring forth ; formerly red roses grew in her footsteps , but now only thistles and thorns . What ...
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... of the deep . 66 " " Some time after , her brother called to her again : Svanhvita , it is time that thou arrayest thyself as a bride ; for we shall soon arrive . " But the maiden 52 THE PRINCESS THAT CAME OUT OF THE WATER .
... of the deep . 66 " " Some time after , her brother called to her again : Svanhvita , it is time that thou arrayest thyself as a bride ; for we shall soon arrive . " But the maiden 52 THE PRINCESS THAT CAME OUT OF THE WATER .
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