German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... Nights [ Notti piacevoli ] of Straparola were published first in 1550 ; but in the latter collection this class of fictions occupies apparently only an accidental station , the bulk of his tales being of the Italian School of Novelle ...
... Nights [ Notti piacevoli ] of Straparola were published first in 1550 ; but in the latter collection this class of fictions occupies apparently only an accidental station , the bulk of his tales being of the Italian School of Novelle ...
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... night on his way home . Now the landlord had three 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 ...
... night on his way home . Now the landlord had three 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 ...
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... that , " said the wife . Dame Ilsabill could not what she should be next . Then they went to bed but sleep all night for thinking At last , as she was dropping asleep , morning broke , and the sun rose . 12 EVENING THE FIRST .
... that , " said the wife . Dame Ilsabill could not what she should be next . Then they went to bed but sleep all night for thinking At last , as she was dropping asleep , morning broke , and the sun rose . 12 EVENING THE FIRST .
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... night one of them was gone . The king became very angry at this , and told the gardener to keep a watch under the tree all night . The gardener set his eldest son to watch , but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep , and in the morning ...
... night one of them was gone . The king became very angry at this , and told the gardener to keep a watch under the tree all night . The gardener set his eldest son to watch , but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep , and in the morning ...
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... and beautiful to look at , but go not in there . Rest for the night in the other , though it may seem to you very poor and mean . " " What can such a beast as this know about the matter ? " thought the THE FOX'S BRUSH . 15.
... and beautiful to look at , but go not in there . Rest for the night in the other , though it may seem to you very poor and mean . " " What can such a beast as this know about the matter ? " thought the THE FOX'S BRUSH . 15.
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