German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... better understood after a perusal of the story of the Golden Goose , to which the lads and lasses who touch it adhere . " -Quart . Rev. XLI . They add that the Golden Goose , buried at the root of an oak , and fated to be the reward of ...
... better understood after a perusal of the story of the Golden Goose , to which the lads and lasses who touch it adhere . " -Quart . Rev. XLI . They add that the Golden Goose , buried at the root of an oak , and fated to be the reward of ...
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... better stay at home , for you know nothing about the business of wood - cutting . " But Dummling was very pressing ; and at last his father said , " Go your way ! you will be wiser when you have smarted for your folly . " And his mother ...
... better stay at home , for you know nothing about the business of wood - cutting . " But Dummling was very pressing ; and at last his father said , " Go your way ! you will be wiser when you have smarted for your folly . " And his mother ...
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... better than the filthy pigstye we had ? " And there was a parlour , and a bedchamber , and a kitchen ; and behind the cottage there was a little garden , planted with all sorts of flowers and fruits ; and there was a courtyard behind ...
... better than the filthy pigstye we had ? " And there was a parlour , and a bedchamber , and a kitchen ; and behind the cottage there was a little garden , planted with all sorts of flowers and fruits ; and there was a courtyard behind ...
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... better and richer things ; and he agreed to make the bargain . Scarcely was the stone , however , out of his hands be- fore all his riches were gone , and poor Fritz found himself sitting in his box in the water , with his jug of water ...
... better and richer things ; and he agreed to make the bargain . Scarcely was the stone , however , out of his hands be- fore all his riches were gone , and poor Fritz found himself sitting in his box in the water , with his jug of water ...
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... better than money : first , I will have a bow that will bring down every thing I shoot at ; secondly , a fiddle that will set every one dancing that hears me play upon it ; and thirdly , I should like to be able to make every one grant ...
... better than money : first , I will have a bow that will bring down every thing I shoot at ; secondly , a fiddle that will set every one dancing that hears me play upon it ; and thirdly , I should like to be able to make every one grant ...
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