Fantastic StoriesHenry S. King & Company, 1873 - 199 páginas |
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... hand or button - hole , his heart swelled with pride and ambition . * He thought neither of his bride nor of Heaven , but only what a clever workman he was , so clever that none could compete with him , and how all people would wonder ...
... hand or button - hole , his heart swelled with pride and ambition . * He thought neither of his bride nor of Heaven , but only what a clever workman he was , so clever that none could compete with him , and how all people would wonder ...
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... with his head in his hands and his elbows on his knees , he would dream on for hours forgetful of all around him . Making friends of none of the people in the village , pre- ferring at all times to be alone , it came.
... with his head in his hands and his elbows on his knees , he would dream on for hours forgetful of all around him . Making friends of none of the people in the village , pre- ferring at all times to be alone , it came.
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... hands and say— " Ah ! ah ! now we shall have plenty of good fires . " They went also and washed their linen in the stream , and found it very handy . The stars , too , when they sparkled more than usual , only seemed to tell them it ...
... hands and say— " Ah ! ah ! now we shall have plenty of good fires . " They went also and washed their linen in the stream , and found it very handy . The stars , too , when they sparkled more than usual , only seemed to tell them it ...
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... hands merrily and threw him a rose . Sud- denly the silver cords snapped , and swing and Princess were tossed up into the clouds . Farther and farther they sped , till at length they disappeared altogether from his sight . He started up ...
... hands merrily and threw him a rose . Sud- denly the silver cords snapped , and swing and Princess were tossed up into the clouds . Farther and farther they sped , till at length they disappeared altogether from his sight . He started up ...
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... hands . With this he rushed upon the murderers and ran them through the body , so that with piercing shrieks they soon decamped , leaving their victim uninjured . Lifting up the venerable old man and trying to com- fort him , Dreamy ...
... hands . With this he rushed upon the murderers and ran them through the body , so that with piercing shrieks they soon decamped , leaving their victim uninjured . Lifting up the venerable old man and trying to com- fort him , Dreamy ...
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