Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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... wish for , kind parents , the most costly playthings , the finest clothes , the daintiest food , and liberty to play every day in the garden : they were sad , although they knew not why , and knew not what it was they longed for . One ...
... wish for , kind parents , the most costly playthings , the finest clothes , the daintiest food , and liberty to play every day in the garden : they were sad , although they knew not why , and knew not what it was they longed for . One ...
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... wish for something , and know not what , " added the boy . The mother was silent and troubled , and thought within ... wishes of a child one must be a child oneself ; but I have journeyed too far from the land of childhood , where golden ...
... wish for something , and know not what , " added the boy . The mother was silent and troubled , and thought within ... wishes of a child one must be a child oneself ; but I have journeyed too far from the land of childhood , where golden ...
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... wish ; but it shall be only on one condition . " What is the condition ? " asked the princess , overjoyed . " It is , " said the king , " that , as it is for your sake if I marry again , you shall promise me that if at any future time ...
... wish ; but it shall be only on one condition . " What is the condition ? " asked the princess , overjoyed . " It is , " said the king , " that , as it is for your sake if I marry again , you shall promise me that if at any future time ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... wish to make your father believe that you are dead . " At this the princess was filled with anxiety , and prayed fervently , saying , " Let me go , let me go , that I may spare my father so great an affliction . " But the old man ...
... wish to make your father believe that you are dead . " At this the princess was filled with anxiety , and prayed fervently , saying , " Let me go , let me go , that I may spare my father so great an affliction . " But the old man ...
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