German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... thing it is to be king ! now we shall never have anything more to wish for as long as we live . " " I don't know how that may be , " said she ; " never is a long time . I am king , it is true ; but I begin to be tired of that , and I ...
... thing it is to be king ! now we shall never have anything more to wish for as long as we live . " " I don't know how that may be , " said she ; " never is a long time . I am king , it is true ; but I begin to be tired of that , and I ...
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... thing it is to be emperor ! " " Husband , " said she , " why should we stop at being emperor ? I will be pope next . ” " O wife , wife ! " said he , " how can you be pope ? there is but one pope at a time in Christendom . " " Husband ...
... thing it is to be emperor ! " " Husband , " said she , " why should we stop at being emperor ? I will be pope next . ” " O wife , wife ! " said he , " how can you be pope ? there is but one pope at a time in Christendom . " " Husband ...
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... thing to be pope ; and now you must be easy , for you can be nothing greater . " " I will think about 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 ...
... thing to be pope ; and now you must be easy , for you can be nothing greater . " " I will think about 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 ...
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... thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king said , " One feather is of no use to me , I must and will have the whole bird . " Then the gardener's eldest son set out to ...
... thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king said , " One feather is of no use to me , I must and will have the whole bird . " Then the gardener's eldest son set out to ...
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... thing happened to him . He met with the fox sitting by the roadside , who gave him the same good advice as he had given his brother : but when he came to the two inns , his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merry ...
... thing happened to him . He met with the fox sitting by the roadside , who gave him the same good advice as he had given his brother : but when he came to the two inns , his eldest brother was standing at the window where the merry ...
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