Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... tell you what you are to do . " They then parted ; the princess having thanked her , continued her walk , and the old woman re- mained sitting on her bench and shaking her head . But the queen's daughter had been standing during the ...
... tell you what you are to do . " They then parted ; the princess having thanked her , continued her walk , and the old woman re- mained sitting on her bench and shaking her head . But the queen's daughter had been standing during the ...
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... tell you ; you will not repent . " The princess then , with eyes averted , cast the lily into the boiling pot , although it grieved her to the heart ; so dear to her was the beautiful flower . At the same instant a hollow roaring was ...
... tell you ; you will not repent . " The princess then , with eyes averted , cast the lily into the boiling pot , although it grieved her to the heart ; so dear to her was the beautiful flower . At the same instant a hollow roaring was ...
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... tell you . The princess , your second sister , has got a suitor , and is about to be married to the son of a foreign king ; and if it will afford you pleasure you shall go home to the wedding , and take all your children with you . At ...
... tell you . The princess , your second sister , has got a suitor , and is about to be married to the son of a foreign king ; and if it will afford you pleasure you shall go home to the wedding , and take all your children with you . At ...
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... tell you where he is , although there is but little hope that you will ever recover him , for he is enchanted , so that he has forgotten both you and everything else . " She added , " But as you did me the honour to call me ' dear ...
... tell you where he is , although there is but little hope that you will ever recover him , for he is enchanted , so that he has forgotten both you and everything else . " She added , " But as you did me the honour to call me ' dear ...
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... telling of the fair herd - girl , whom they had met in the forest , and thus there was much talk about her in the whole palace , both about her beauty and riches . When the king's young son heard all this , he was seized with a violent ...
... telling of the fair herd - girl , whom they had met in the forest , and thus there was much talk about her in the whole palace , both about her beauty and riches . When the king's young son heard all this , he was seized with a violent ...
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