Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... Tree PAGE • 458 462 463 · 465 466 468 469 471 · 474 475 477 479 481 486 490 496 498 498 • 499 501 • 503 • 504 • This and the twelve following are from Otmar , Volcks - Sagen ( Traditions of the Harz ) , Bremen , 1800 . This and the ...
... Tree PAGE • 458 462 463 · 465 466 468 469 471 · 474 475 477 479 481 486 490 496 498 498 • 499 501 • 503 • 504 • This and the twelve following are from Otmar , Volcks - Sagen ( Traditions of the Harz ) , Bremen , 1800 . This and the ...
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... trees of that paradise ; birds without feet ; be- cause , being never weary , they have no need of earthly rest . Oh , would such a bird but come hither , and bring to my dear children that which would make them happy ! While the queen ...
... trees of that paradise ; birds without feet ; be- cause , being never weary , they have no need of earthly rest . Oh , would such a bird but come hither , and bring to my dear children that which would make them happy ! While the queen ...
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... trees , and listening to the song of the little birds , and thinking on the friend she loved so dearly , and whom she now had lost ; the queen's daughter following all the while , with a heart full of rancorous feeling for the princess ...
... trees , and listening to the song of the little birds , and thinking on the friend she loved so dearly , and whom she now had lost ; the queen's daughter following all the while , with a heart full of rancorous feeling for the princess ...
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... trees , the bushes gave way , and the princess beheld a huge gray wolf come rush- ing out of the forest just opposite to the spot where they were sitting . In her terror she would gladly have fled from it ; but the old man said , “ Make ...
... trees , the bushes gave way , and the princess beheld a huge gray wolf come rush- ing out of the forest just opposite to the spot where they were sitting . In her terror she would gladly have fled from it ; but the old man said , “ Make ...
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... trees . " They proceeded further , and the prince again inquired , My best beloved , dost thou see any- thing ? " The princess answered as before , " No , I see no- thing whatsoever , save the green forest . " The prince asked a third ...
... trees . " They proceeded further , and the prince again inquired , My best beloved , dost thou see any- thing ? " The princess answered as before , " No , I see no- thing whatsoever , save the green forest . " The prince asked a third ...
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