German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... once again to resort to the sources from whence they drew their former supply , for the purpose of re - arranging , revising , and adding to their budget , so as to produce it in a new form , and with the omission of those parts for ...
... once again to resort to the sources from whence they drew their former supply , for the purpose of re - arranging , revising , and adding to their budget , so as to produce it in a new form , and with the omission of those parts for ...
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... once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigstye , close by the sea - side . The fisherman used to go out all day long a - fishing ; and one day , as he sat on the shore with his rod , looking at the sparkling waves and watching ...
... once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigstye , close by the sea - side . The fisherman used to go out all day long a - fishing ; and one day , as he sat on the shore with his rod , looking at the sparkling waves and watching ...
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... once ! " So the fisherman was forced to go ; and he mut- tered as he went along , " This will come to no good , it is too much to ask ; the fish will be tired at last , and then we shall be sorry for what we have done . " He soon came ...
... once ! " So the fisherman was forced to go ; and he mut- tered as he went along , " This will come to no good , it is too much to ask ; the fish will be tired at last , and then we shall be sorry for what we have done . " He soon came ...
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... once ! " Then the man went shivering with fear ; and as he was going down to the shore a dreadful storm arose , so that the trees and the very rocks shook . And all the heavens became black with stormy clouds , and the lightnings played ...
... once ! " Then the man went shivering with fear ; and as he was going down to the shore a dreadful storm arose , so that the trees and the very rocks shook . And all the heavens became black with stormy clouds , and the lightnings played ...
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... once such a loud scream , that all the soldiers awoke ; and they took him prisoner , and carried him before the king . The next morning the court sat to judge him ; and when all was heard , it doomed him to die , unless he should bring ...
... once such a loud scream , that all the soldiers awoke ; and they took him prisoner , and carried him before the king . The next morning the court sat to judge him ; and when all was heard , it doomed him to die , unless he should bring ...
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