Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... turned both early and late , till at length the prin- cess could not believe otherwise than that all the woman said was true . She therefore asked her what description of wife it were most desirable that the king should select . The ...
... turned both early and late , till at length the prin- cess could not believe otherwise than that all the woman said was true . She therefore asked her what description of wife it were most desirable that the king should select . The ...
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... and would not be comforted . But the queen laughed at her affliction , and rejoiced in her false heart that every- thing had turned out so agreeably to her wishes . As the princess was one day sitting alone in her THE WERWOLF .
... and would not be comforted . But the queen laughed at her affliction , and rejoiced in her false heart that every- thing had turned out so agreeably to her wishes . As the princess was one day sitting alone in her THE WERWOLF .
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... turned to thank him he had already vanished , and no one could ever say either who he was or whither he went . On The king and all his suite now returned to the palace , on their way towards which much was said both about the little old ...
... turned to thank him he had already vanished , and no one could ever say either who he was or whither he went . On The king and all his suite now returned to the palace , on their way towards which much was said both about the little old ...
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... turned home to his people . 66 66 66 Let us now look into the royal palace . There sat the king's three daughters the whole livelong day , sewing silk on their knee , and talking of nothing but the costly presents their father was to ...
... turned home to his people . 66 66 66 Let us now look into the royal palace . There sat the king's three daughters the whole livelong day , sewing silk on their knee , and talking of nothing but the costly presents their father was to ...
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... turned to the meadow , and left his daughter by the hazel- bush , and it seemed to him that he had sustained a ca- lamity that could never be repaired . We will now let the king ride back with his attend- ants , and accompany the young ...
... turned to the meadow , and left his daughter by the hazel- bush , and it seemed to him that he had sustained a ca- lamity that could never be repaired . We will now let the king ride back with his attend- ants , and accompany the young ...
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