Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... thou requited all my love for thee ; nevertheless , I will forgive thee , and it now rests with thyself , whether thou wilt accompany thy blind consort , or return to thy father . " At these words the princess felt yet more grieved ...
... thou requited all my love for thee ; nevertheless , I will forgive thee , and it now rests with thyself , whether thou wilt accompany thy blind consort , or return to thy father . " At these words the princess felt yet more grieved ...
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... thou wilt promise to take me to wife , I will show thee the way ; otherwise thou wilt never leave this forest alive . " In his tribulation the man promised compliance with her proposal , although it appeared to him a miserable ...
... thou wilt promise to take me to wife , I will show thee the way ; otherwise thou wilt never leave this forest alive . " In his tribulation the man promised compliance with her proposal , although it appeared to him a miserable ...
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... thou wilt turn gray . " : - But the maiden cannot withstand her longing , and is drawn down in the waves , where she is swallowed up by a monstrous fish . On the day previous to the one fixed for the king's marriage with the false bride ...
... thou wilt turn gray . " : - But the maiden cannot withstand her longing , and is drawn down in the waves , where she is swallowed up by a monstrous fish . On the day previous to the one fixed for the king's marriage with the false bride ...
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... thou shalt not come in before thou hast heard how I came to be a loaf : 66 " First they cast me in a grave , Then I grew up as a straw . " Open , and let me in ! " vociferated the giant a second time ; but the dog did not allow himself ...
... thou shalt not come in before thou hast heard how I came to be a loaf : 66 " First they cast me in a grave , Then I grew up as a straw . " Open , and let me in ! " vociferated the giant a second time ; but the dog did not allow himself ...
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... thou wilt find thy queen . " At this the young man was so overjoyed that he sprang up , and as he woke , there stood the little man , who nodded to him , and repeated : " To the north ! to the north ! " He then vanished , leaving the ...
... thou wilt find thy queen . " At this the young man was so overjoyed that he sprang up , and as he woke , there stood the little man , who nodded to him , and repeated : " To the north ! to the north ! " He then vanished , leaving the ...
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