German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... seemed quite at his ease and happy again . But now our traveller found that he had given away all the money he had in the world , and had not a shilling in his pocket . Then said he to himself , " The king has heaps of gold in his ...
... seemed quite at his ease and happy again . But now our traveller found that he had given away all the money he had in the world , and had not a shilling in his pocket . Then said he to himself , " The king has heaps of gold in his ...
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... seemed so fine and costly , that he quite forgot that the stone would bring him in a moment a thousand better and richer things ; and he agreed to make the bargain . Scarcely was the stone , however , out of his hands be- fore all his ...
... seemed so fine and costly , that he quite forgot that the stone would bring him in a moment a thousand better and richer things ; and he agreed to make the bargain . Scarcely was the stone , however , out of his hands be- fore all his ...
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... seemed within to have no end ; a mist hung around it to shield it from the eyes of men ; and some of the little elves sat perched upon the outermost trees , to keep watch lest the step of man should break in and spoil the charm . " And ...
... seemed within to have no end ; a mist hung around it to shield it from the eyes of men ; and some of the little elves sat perched upon the outermost trees , to keep watch lest the step of man should break in and spoil the charm . " And ...
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... seemed changed ; and vhen she went in , there sat her father , looking some rears older than when she saw him last , and her mother , whom she hardly knew , was by his side . Close by was a young man . " Father , " said Roseken , " who ...
... seemed changed ; and vhen she went in , there sat her father , looking some rears older than when she saw him last , and her mother , whom she hardly knew , was by his side . Close by was a young man . " Father , " said Roseken , " who ...
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... seemed to thrive around them ; and Rose- ken thought of her friends , and so called her first little girl Elfie . The little thing was loved by every one . It was pretty and very good - tempered . Roseken thought that it was very like a ...
... seemed to thrive around them ; and Rose- ken thought of her friends , and so called her first little girl Elfie . The little thing was loved by every one . It was pretty and very good - tempered . Roseken thought that it was very like a ...
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