German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... and traditions are somewhat gone out of fashion ; yet most will own them to be asso- ciated with the brightest recollections of their youth . They are , like the Christmas Pantomime , ostensibly brought forth Levi . L. Barbour .
... and traditions are somewhat gone out of fashion ; yet most will own them to be asso- ciated with the brightest recollections of their youth . They are , like the Christmas Pantomime , ostensibly brought forth Levi . L. Barbour .
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Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. are , like the Christmas Pantomime , ostensibly brought forth to tickle the palate of the young , but are often received with as keen an appetite by those of graver years . There 66 is , moreover , a debt of ...
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. are , like the Christmas Pantomime , ostensibly brought forth to tickle the palate of the young , but are often received with as keen an appetite by those of graver years . There 66 is , moreover , a debt of ...
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... brought to the king in the morning , and all his court were called together . Every one agreed that it was the most beautiful thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king ...
... brought to the king in the morning , and all his court were called together . Every one agreed that it was the most beautiful thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king ...
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... said he : I am sure he is worth it . " " C As he took up the golden saddle , the groom awoke , and cried out so loud , that all the guards ran in and took bin prisoner ; and in the morning he was brought 18 EVENING THE FIRST .
... said he : I am sure he is worth it . " " C As he took up the golden saddle , the groom awoke , and cried out so loud , that all the guards ran in and took bin prisoner ; and in the morning he was brought 18 EVENING THE FIRST .
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... brought at once before the king , who lived in that castle . And the king said , " You shall never have my daughter , unless in eight days you dig away the hill that stops the view from my window . " Now this hill was so big that all ...
... brought at once before the king , who lived in that castle . And the king said , " You shall never have my daughter , unless in eight days you dig away the hill that stops the view from my window . " Now this hill was so big that all ...
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