German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... daughters , mother , sire , Neighbours , all drew round the fire ; Lending open ear and faith To what some learned gossip saith ! But the fays and all are gone , Reason , Reason , reigns alone ; Every grace and charm is fled , All by ...
... daughters , mother , sire , Neighbours , all drew round the fire ; Lending open ear and faith To what some learned gossip saith ! But the fays and all are gone , Reason , Reason , reigns alone ; Every grace and charm is fled , All by ...
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... daughters ; and when they saw the goose they were very eager to look what this won- derful bird could be , and wished very much to pluck one of the feathers out of its tail . At last the eldest said , " I must and will have a feather ...
... daughters ; and when they saw the goose they were very eager to look what this won- derful bird could be , and wished very much to pluck one of the feathers out of its tail . At last the eldest said , " I must and will have a feather ...
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... daughter . The princess was of so thoughtful and moody a turn of mind that no one could make her laugh ; and the king had made known to all the world , that whoever could make her laugh should have her for his wife . When the young man ...
... daughter . The princess was of so thoughtful and moody a turn of mind that no one could make her laugh ; and the king had made known to all the world , that whoever could make her laugh should have her for his wife . When the young man ...
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... You shall never have my daughter , unless in eight days you dig away the hill that stops the view from my window . " Now this hill was so big that all the men in the whole world could not have taken it away : and when THE FOX'S BRUSH . 19.
... You shall never have my daughter , unless in eight days you dig away the hill that stops the view from my window . " Now this hill was so big that all the men in the whole world could not have taken it away : and when THE FOX'S BRUSH . 19.
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... daughter . " What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass ; and the queen had a little girl , so very beauti- ful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy , and said he would hold a great feast and make merry , and ...
... daughter . " What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass ; and the queen had a little girl , so very beauti- ful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy , and said he would hold a great feast and make merry , and ...
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