German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... TOLD BY GAMMER GRETHEL . FROM THE COLLECTION OF MM . GRIMM . Bebised Translation BY EDGAR TAYLOR . WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DESIGNS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK AND LUDWIG GRIMM . LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1888 ...
... TOLD BY GAMMER GRETHEL . FROM THE COLLECTION OF MM . GRIMM . Bebised Translation BY EDGAR TAYLOR . WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DESIGNS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK AND LUDWIG GRIMM . LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1888 ...
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... Told of creatures of the air , Spirits , fairies , goblins , rare , Guarding man with tenderest care ; When before the blazing hearth , Listening to the tale of mirth , Sons and daughters , mother , sire , Neighbours , all drew round ...
... Told of creatures of the air , Spirits , fairies , goblins , rare , Guarding man with tenderest care ; When before the blazing hearth , Listening to the tale of mirth , Sons and daughters , mother , sire , Neighbours , all drew round ...
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... told in that country ; and every evening about Christmas time the boys and girls of the neighbourhood gathered round her to hear her tell them some of her budget of strange stories . One Christmas , being in that part of the world.
... told in that country ; and every evening about Christmas time the boys and girls of the neighbourhood gathered round her to hear her tell them some of her budget of strange stories . One Christmas , being in that part of the world.
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... told her how he had caught a great fish , and how it had told him it was an enchanted prince , and how , on hearing it speak , he had let it go again . " Did not you ask it for anything ? " said the wife . " No , " said the man ; " what ...
... told her how he had caught a great fish , and how it had told him it was an enchanted prince , and how , on hearing it speak , he had let it go again . " Did not you ask it for anything ? " said the wife . " No , " said the man ; " what ...
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... 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 another of the apples was missing . Then the second son was set to ...
... 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 another of the apples was missing . Then the second son was set to ...
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