German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... pieces in common . The French " Contes des Fées " have many points in common with the Pentamerone and the German Stories . 66 The nature and immediate design of the present pub- lication exclude the introduction of some of those stories ...
... pieces in common . The French " Contes des Fées " have many points in common with the Pentamerone and the German Stories . 66 The nature and immediate design of the present pub- lication exclude the introduction of some of those stories ...
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... piece of meat from your plate , and a little wine out of your bottle , for I am very hungry and thirsty . " But this clever young man said , " Give you my meat and wine ? No , I thank you , I should not have enough left for myself ...
... piece of meat from your plate , and a little wine out of your bottle , for I am very hungry and thirsty . " But this clever young man said , " Give you my meat and wine ? No , I thank you , I should not have enough left for myself ...
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... piece of blue sky , but towards the south all was red , as if a dreadful storm was rising . At this sight the fisher- man was dreadfully frightened , and he trembled so that his knees knocked together : but still he went down near to ...
... piece of blue sky , but towards the south all was red , as if a dreadful storm was rising . At this sight the fisher- man was dreadfully frightened , and he trembled so that his knees knocked together : but still he went down near to ...
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... piece , and does not pretend to that authen- ticity of popular currency which is claimed for the other stories . The principal incident resembles that in " Karl Katz ; " and , more closely , that which has been turned to so much account ...
... piece , and does not pretend to that authen- ticity of popular currency which is claimed for the other stories . The principal incident resembles that in " Karl Katz ; " and , more closely , that which has been turned to so much account ...
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... piece of gold hanging round her neck by a silken thread ; and knew it to be of the same sort as she had seen in the hands of the fairy dwarfs . Elfie seemed sorry at its being seen , and said that she had found it in the garden . But ...
... piece of gold hanging round her neck by a silken thread ; and knew it to be of the same sort as she had seen in the hands of the fairy dwarfs . Elfie seemed sorry at its being seen , and said that she had found it in the garden . But ...
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Ashputtel asked beautiful began begged bird black dwarf bride brother Bruin burgomaster castle Chanticleer cloak cried dance daughter door dwarf Edition Essays fairy fast father fell flew frightened frog garden gave Gesta Romanorum giant give gold golden golden bird golden slipper goose-girl Grethel Grimm hand Hansel head heard heart Heinel History horse huntsman J. R. Planché Karl Katz king king's knew lady lived looked luck master Memoir merry morning mother night Notes once P. L. Simmonds Paderborn palace Partlet Pee-wit Pentamerone poor Portrait prince princess queen Reynard Roseken round shoes sitting Skrat sleep Snow-drop soldier soon sparrow stone stood story tell thee Theocritus thing thou thought Thumbling told took Trans Translated tree vols Volsunga Saga wife wished wonderful wood Woodcuts woodman young
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