German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... called the Giant - killer , and Thomas Thumb , " as the Quarterly Reviewer observes , landed in England from the very same hulls and war- ships which conveyed Hengist and Horsa , and Ebba the Saxon . " The Cat , whose identity and ...
... called the Giant - killer , and Thomas Thumb , " as the Quarterly Reviewer observes , landed in England from the very same hulls and war- ships which conveyed Hengist and Horsa , and Ebba the Saxon . " The Cat , whose identity and ...
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... called for a chapter out of my Tale - book : and as I have reason to think that there may be a great many more - not only of boys and girls , but of men and women too - than I know , or should like the trouble of reading to , who would ...
... called for a chapter out of my Tale - book : and as I have reason to think that there may be a great many more - not only of boys and girls , but of men and women too - than I know , or should like the trouble of reading to , who would ...
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... called Dummling - which is much the same as Dunderhead , for all thought he was more than * Die Goldene Gans " of Grimm ; from Hesse and Paderborn . ' The manner in which Loke , in the Edda , hangs to the eagle is , " MM Grimm observe ...
... called Dummling - which is much the same as Dunderhead , for all thought he was more than * Die Goldene Gans " of Grimm ; from Hesse and Paderborn . ' The manner in which Loke , in the Edda , hangs to the eagle is , " MM Grimm observe ...
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... called the Phoenix , is of great antiquity . Perinskiold , in the catalogue to Hickes , mentions the Saga of Artus Fagra , and describes the contents thus : " Hist . de tribus fratribus , Carolo , Vilhielmo , atque Arturo , cogn . Fagra ...
... called the Phoenix , is of great antiquity . Perinskiold , in the catalogue to Hickes , mentions the Saga of Artus Fagra , and describes the contents thus : " Hist . de tribus fratribus , Carolo , Vilhielmo , atque Arturo , cogn . Fagra ...
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... called together . Every one agreed that it was the most beautiful thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king said , " One feather is of no use to me , I must and will ...
... called together . Every one agreed that it was the most beautiful thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king said , " One feather is of no use to me , I must and will ...
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