Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... took no long time to consider , but did as her stepsister said , and entered the cabin . In the little apartment she saw an aged woman sitting on a bench , who appeared so stricken with years that her head shook . The princess saluted ...
... took no long time to consider , but did as her stepsister said , and entered the cabin . In the little apartment she saw an aged woman sitting on a bench , who appeared so stricken with years that her head shook . The princess saluted ...
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... took place , for scarcely had she done so when the wolf changed his cover- ing , the great gray skin started off from him , and , instead of a ravenous wild beast , there stood a comely youth with eyes directed towards the brow of the ...
... took place , for scarcely had she done so when the wolf changed his cover- ing , the great gray skin started off from him , and , instead of a ravenous wild beast , there stood a comely youth with eyes directed towards the brow of the ...
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... took place , for hardly had the skin touched the three women than they changed their guise , gave a hideous howl , and were transformed into three fierce werwolves , which at full speed rushed into the wild forest . Scarcely had this ...
... took place , for hardly had the skin touched the three women than they changed their guise , gave a hideous howl , and were transformed into three fierce werwolves , which at full speed rushed into the wild forest . Scarcely had this ...
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... princess herself was in having such children ; that they no doubt took after their father's family , and that Prince Hatt must be a very comely 66 young man . As the maternal heart is always OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . 21.
... princess herself was in having such children ; that they no doubt took after their father's family , and that Prince Hatt must be a very comely 66 young man . As the maternal heart is always OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . 21.
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... took her reel and reeled the yarn , and prepared it for weaving , and wove cloth of gold and a beautiful canopy , and covered the room on every side , nor did she cease until the goose- house was converted into the noblest apartment in ...
... took her reel and reeled the yarn , and prepared it for weaving , and wove cloth of gold and a beautiful canopy , and covered the room on every side , nor did she cease until the goose- house was converted into the noblest apartment in ...
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