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... . On the other hand , the heroes and types of the Christian faith are thought of as taking a perpetual interest in the welfare of their struggling brethren : St. Nothburga and St. Isidore watch over the hus- bandman 8 Introduction .
... . On the other hand , the heroes and types of the Christian faith are thought of as taking a perpetual interest in the welfare of their struggling brethren : St. Nothburga and St. Isidore watch over the hus- bandman 8 Introduction .
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... , is in these spelt variously , as Lareyn , Luarin , Luarine , & c .; the modern orthography is Laurin . The spelling I have adopted is that of the Chronicon of Aventinus . I have thought it well to precede the story by Introduction . II.
... , is in these spelt variously , as Lareyn , Luarin , Luarine , & c .; the modern orthography is Laurin . The spelling I have adopted is that of the Chronicon of Aventinus . I have thought it well to precede the story by Introduction . II.
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Or Popular Myths of Tirol ... Rachel Harriette Busk. I have thought it well to precede the story by some account of the Norg folk and some samples of their legends , that the reader may not come wholly unacquainted with their traditional ...
Or Popular Myths of Tirol ... Rachel Harriette Busk. I have thought it well to precede the story by some account of the Norg folk and some samples of their legends , that the reader may not come wholly unacquainted with their traditional ...
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... thought that every moment might come the signal of the inundation which should carry them and their habitations away in its torrent . In the solidest and most important house of the straggling village , which bears the same name as the ...
... thought that every moment might come the signal of the inundation which should carry them and their habitations away in its torrent . In the solidest and most important house of the straggling village , which bears the same name as the ...
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... thoughts which crowded into and oppressed his mind . A few words of sympathy , however , decided him at last . " Yes , we still have some power and some riches left , and some of our ancient strength , but we have lost our kings , the ...
... thoughts which crowded into and oppressed his mind . A few words of sympathy , however , decided him at last . " Yes , we still have some power and some riches left , and some of our ancient strength , but we have lost our kings , the ...
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