German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... history . 66 The collection from which the following Tales are mainly taken is one of great extent , obtained for the most part by MM . Grimm from the mouths of German peasants . The result of their labours ought to be peculiarly ...
... history . 66 The collection from which the following Tales are mainly taken is one of great extent , obtained for the most part by MM . Grimm from the mouths of German peasants . The result of their labours ought to be peculiarly ...
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... finds a parallel , though somewhat sobered , in the history of the celebrated Rhodope ; " so says the Editor of the late edition of Warton , vol . i . ( 86 ) . evening when she was tired , she had no bed 52 EVENING THE THIRD .
... finds a parallel , though somewhat sobered , in the history of the celebrated Rhodope ; " so says the Editor of the late edition of Warton , vol . i . ( 86 ) . evening when she was tired , she had no bed 52 EVENING THE THIRD .
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... history as the Velint ( or Weyland ) of Northern fable is well known ; outwits , like Eulenspiegel ( Owl - glass ) , those who are by nature his betters ; wields a weapon as powerful as Thor's hammer ; and , like his companion , is ...
... history as the Velint ( or Weyland ) of Northern fable is well known ; outwits , like Eulenspiegel ( Owl - glass ) , those who are by nature his betters ; wields a weapon as powerful as Thor's hammer ; and , like his companion , is ...
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... History of Ireland , to the Neapolitan stories in Pentamerone , iv . 9 , and v . 8 . 66 " O cielo ! " says the hero in the latter , " e non porria havere un mogliere acossi janco , e rossa , comme e chella preta , e che havesse li ...
... History of Ireland , to the Neapolitan stories in Pentamerone , iv . 9 , and v . 8 . 66 " O cielo ! " says the hero in the latter , " e non porria havere un mogliere acossi janco , e rossa , comme e chella preta , e che havesse li ...
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... history , of transformation of men into animals . We must apologise to the reader of the original for the way in which three stories , viz . " Fundevogel , " " Der Liebste Roland , " and Hansel and Grethel , " have been here combined in ...
... history , of transformation of men into animals . We must apologise to the reader of the original for the way in which three stories , viz . " Fundevogel , " " Der Liebste Roland , " and Hansel and Grethel , " have been here combined in ...
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