The Fairy Book: The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered AnewMacmillan, 1868 - 368 páginas |
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... once , and dropped silently down on the floor . The poor frightened old woman called for help ; shortly came the ladies in waiting , who tried every means to restore their young mistress , but all their care was useless . She lay ...
... once , and dropped silently down on the floor . The poor frightened old woman called for help ; shortly came the ladies in waiting , who tried every means to restore their young mistress , but all their care was useless . She lay ...
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... once , and looking at him with eyes of the tenderest regard , said drowsily , " Is it you , my prince ? I have waited for you very long . " Charmed with these words , and still more with the tone in which they were uttered , the prince ...
... once , and looking at him with eyes of the tenderest regard , said drowsily , " Is it you , my prince ? I have waited for you very long . " Charmed with these words , and still more with the tone in which they were uttered , the prince ...
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... once lived in a village a faggot - maker and his wife , who had seven children , all boys ; the eldest was no more than ten years old , and the youngest was only seven . It was odd enough , to be sure , that they should have so many ...
... once lived in a village a faggot - maker and his wife , who had seven children , all boys ; the eldest was no more than ten years old , and the youngest was only seven . It was odd enough , to be sure , that they should have so many ...
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... once more with them , and their joy for this lasted till their money was all spent ; but then they found themselves quite as ill off as before . So by degrees they again thought of leaving them in the forest : and that the young ones ...
... once more with them , and their joy for this lasted till their money was all spent ; but then they found themselves quite as ill off as before . So by degrees they again thought of leaving them in the forest : and that the young ones ...
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... once more , " cried the Ogre , looking all about the room ; " I smell child's flesh ; there is something going on that I do not know of . " As soon as he had spoken these words , he rose from his chair and went towards the bed . “ Ah ...
... once more , " cried the Ogre , looking all about the room ; " I smell child's flesh ; there is something going on that I do not know of . " As soon as he had spoken these words , he rose from his chair and went towards the bed . “ Ah ...
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The Fairy Book: The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Vista de fragmentos - 1882 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abricotina answered asked Avenant beast beautiful began beheld Blue Bird brothers castle child Cinderella clothes court cried crown daughter dear delighted Désirée door dressed dwarf fairy father Fcap fell flew Florina forest Fortunatus frog Furibon gave giant Gilliflower girl gold golden Graciosa Grognon hand handsome happy head heard heart hind Hop-o'-my-thumb Jack killed King Arthur King Charming king's knew lady Lady Cassandra Leander little glass slipper Little One Eye Little Three Eyes Little Two Eyes lived looked madam majesty marry morning mother mountain never night nose Ogre old woman once palace Papillette Patipata Percinet poor prince princess promised queen replied returned Rose servant sisters six swans sleep Snow-white and Rose-red Snowdrop soon stood thou thought told Tom Thumb took tree Troutina voice walked wife wish wood Yellow Dwarf young
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Página 66 - here is the king's son coming with two thousand men to kill you, and to destroy the castle and all that you have.
Página 130 - He arrived at the giant's mansion in the evening, and found the wife standing, as usual, at the door. Jack had disguised himself so completely, that she did not appear to have the least recollection of him ; however, when he pleaded hunger and poverty, in order to gain admittance, he found it very difficult indeed to persuade her. At last he prevailed, and was concealed in the copper. When the giant returned, he said furiously, " I smell fresh meat ! " But Jack felt quite composed, as he had said...
Página 249 - ... the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The King's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen.
Página 130 - I smell fresh meat!" But Jack felt quite composed, as he had said so before, and had been soon satisfied. However, the giant started up suddenly, and, notwithstanding all his wife could say, he searched all round the room. Whilst this was going forward, Jack was exceedingly terrified, wishing himself at home a thousand times; but when the giant approached the copper, and put his hand upon the lid, Jack thought his death was certain. However, nothing happened...
Página 348 - And the more he ate the more he wanted to have, and he said, "Give me some more, you shall have none of it. It seems to me as if it were all mine." And he ate and ate and threw all the bones under the table, until he had finished the whole. But Marlinchen went away to her chest of drawers, and took her best silk handkerchief out of the...
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Página 62 - Jack up in that room, while he went to fetch another giant who lived in the same wood, to enjoy a dinner off Jack's flesh with him. While he was away, Jack heard dreadful shrieks, groans, and cries, from many parts of the castle ; and soon after he heard a mournful voice repeat these lines : — " Haste, valiant stranger, haste away, Lest you become the giant's prey...