Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... wicked arts , and transformed him into A WERWOLF , So that for the remainder of his days he should be a prowler of the forest . When evening drew on , and the prince did not appear , his men returned home ; and the sorrow may be easily ...
... wicked arts , and transformed him into A WERWOLF , So that for the remainder of his days he should be a prowler of the forest . When evening drew on , and the prince did not appear , his men returned home ; and the sorrow may be easily ...
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... wicked stepmother and step- sisters , and all the bitter words she must hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was absent , and on the beloved of her heart , whom she should never see again ; but abundantly as ...
... wicked stepmother and step- sisters , and all the bitter words she must hear when she returned home , and on the king , her father , who was absent , and on the beloved of her heart , whom she should never see again ; but abundantly as ...
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... wicked stepmother has been forced to confess the truth . " On hearing this , the princess entreated fervently : " Let me go , let me go , that I may console my father in his great afflic- tion . " But the old man still detained her ...
... wicked stepmother has been forced to confess the truth . " On hearing this , the princess entreated fervently : " Let me go , let me go , that I may console my father in his great afflic- tion . " But the old man still detained her ...
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... wicked stepmother and her two daughters . PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ; OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . From South Småland . THERE was once , very , very long ago , a king who had three daughters , all exquisitely beautiful , and much ...
... wicked stepmother and her two daughters . PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ; OR , THE THREE SINGING LEAVES . From South Småland . THERE was once , very , very long ago , a king who had three daughters , all exquisitely beautiful , and much ...
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Benjamin Thorpe. prince added , that , through the spells of a wicked Troll- wife , he might never be seen by any human being , and could therefore come only by night ; but that if she would be faithful to him , all would finally be ...
Benjamin Thorpe. prince added , that , through the spells of a wicked Troll- wife , he might never be seen by any human being , and could therefore come only by night ; but that if she would be faithful to him , all would finally be ...
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