Yule-Tide StoriesBenjamin Thorpe Henry G. Bohn, 1853 - 504 pages |
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Page 19
... rose before daybreak , left his young bride , and did not again make his appearance until late in the evening . Thus did a considerable time pass . The king's daughter sat in the beautiful apartment , and everything she wished for she ...
... rose before daybreak , left his young bride , and did not again make his appearance until late in the evening . Thus did a considerable time pass . The king's daughter sat in the beautiful apartment , and everything she wished for she ...
Page 20
... rose the higher . When the step- mother would not desist from her interrogations , the king was displeased , and said , " Dearest of my heart , what is all this to us ? It is sufficient that my daughter is contented and happy . " The ...
... rose the higher . When the step- mother would not desist from her interrogations , the king was displeased , and said , " Dearest of my heart , what is all this to us ? It is sufficient that my daughter is contented and happy . " The ...
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... the princess had no sooner ob- served than she rose , struck fire through the ring , as she had been instructed by her stepmother , and softly ap- proached the bed , that she might behold her beloved 22 PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ,
... the princess had no sooner ob- served than she rose , struck fire through the ring , as she had been instructed by her stepmother , and softly ap- proached the bed , that she might behold her beloved 22 PRINCE HATT UNDER THE EARTH ,
Page 23
... rose in a fright , and saw what she had done . At the same instant the three singing leaves were silent , the beautiful apartment was changed into a cave for serpents and toads , and the prince and princess , with their children , stood ...
... rose in a fright , and saw what she had done . At the same instant the three singing leaves were silent , the beautiful apartment was changed into a cave for serpents and toads , and the prince and princess , with their children , stood ...
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... roses shall spring up . " The second said : " I will give , that she shall become fairer and fairer every day of her life . " And I , " added the third , " will give , that every time she laughs , a gold ring shall fall from her mouth ...
... roses shall spring up . " The second said : " I will give , that she shall become fairer and fairer every day of her life . " And I , " added the third , " will give , that every time she laughs , a gold ring shall fall from her mouth ...
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