German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... young friends , and will add , in substance , a few of the observations which they before prefixed in explanation of them . They admit , as they did then , that they were first in- duced to compile this little work by the eager relish ...
... young friends , and will add , in substance , a few of the observations which they before prefixed in explanation of them . They admit , as they did then , that they were first in- duced to compile this little work by the eager relish ...
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... young have with such tales chimed mattins till the cock crew in the morning ; batchelors and maides have compassed the Christmas fire- block till the curfew bell rang candle out : the old shep- heard and the young plow - boy , after ...
... young have with such tales chimed mattins till the cock crew in the morning ; batchelors and maides have compassed the Christmas fire- block till the curfew bell rang candle out : the old shep- heard and the young plow - boy , after ...
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... young friends in England . And so , for twelve merry evenings , be- ginning with Christmas eve , we met and listened to her budget . Many a time have my acquaintances , of both sexes , called for a chapter out of my Tale - book : and as ...
... young friends in England . And so , for twelve merry evenings , be- ginning with Christmas eve , we met and listened to her budget . Many a time have my acquaintances , of both sexes , called for a chapter out of my Tale - book : and as ...
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... young man said , " Give you my meat and wine ? No , I thank you , I should not have enough left for myself : " and away he went . He soon began to cut down a tree ; but he had not worked long before he missed his stroke , and cut ...
... young man said , " Give you my meat and wine ? No , I thank you , I should not have enough left for myself : " and away he went . He soon began to cut down a tree ; but he had not worked long before he missed his stroke , and cut ...
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... the middle of a field the parson met them ; and when he saw the train , he said , Are you not ashamed of yourselves , you bold girls , to run after a young man in that way over the fields ? Is that good EVENING THE FIRST .
... the middle of a field the parson met them ; and when he saw the train , he said , Are you not ashamed of yourselves , you bold girls , to run after a young man in that way over the fields ? Is that good EVENING THE FIRST .
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