German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... lay open , interesting to the antiquarian as well as to the reader who only seeks amusement . Since that period , and especially since the appearance of the Translators ' first publication , the subject has been actively enough ...
... lay open , interesting to the antiquarian as well as to the reader who only seeks amusement . Since that period , and especially since the appearance of the Translators ' first publication , the subject has been actively enough ...
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... laid hands on him , when they too fell into the rank ; and so they made seven , all running together after Dummling and his goose . Now Dummling thought he would see a little of the world before he went home ; so he and his train jour ...
... laid hands on him , when they too fell into the rank ; and so they made seven , all running together after Dummling and his goose . Now Dummling thought he would see a little of the world before he went home ; so he and his train jour ...
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... intellect , and passes by the contemptuous ap- pellation of the " Dummling " ( see our No. 1 ) , and of whom we shall ha e occasion to say more hereafter . the young man laid himself under the tree to watch 14 EVENING THE FIRST . IV.
... intellect , and passes by the contemptuous ap- pellation of the " Dummling " ( see our No. 1 ) , and of whom we shall ha e occasion to say more hereafter . the young man laid himself under the tree to watch 14 EVENING THE FIRST . IV.
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Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. the young man laid himself under the tree to watch . As the clock struck twelve he heard a rustling noise in the air , and a bird came flying and sat upon the tree , This bird's feathers were all of pure gold ...
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. the young man laid himself under the tree to watch . As the clock struck twelve he heard a rustling noise in the air , and a bird came flying and sat upon the tree , This bird's feathers were all of pure gold ...
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... lay snoring , with his hand upon the golden saddle . But when the lad looked at the horse , he thought it a great pity to keep the leathern saddle upon it . " I will give him the good one , " said he : I am sure he is worth it . " " C ...
... lay snoring , with his hand upon the golden saddle . But when the lad looked at the horse , he thought it a great pity to keep the leathern saddle upon it . " I will give him the good one , " said he : I am sure he is worth it . " " C ...
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