Stories about Number Nip: The Spirit of the Giant MountainsRetelling of stories about Number Nip, the legendary spirit of the Giant Mountains in Silesia. First collected by Musaeus in the late 18th century. |
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... would be agoing . So the great old travelling - carriage was got ready , the strongest and steadiest horses were yoked to it , the Countess and her two daugh- ters took their seats in it , the old postilion 132 THE COUNTESS.
... would be agoing . So the great old travelling - carriage was got ready , the strongest and steadiest horses were yoked to it , the Countess and her two daugh- ters took their seats in it , the old postilion 132 THE COUNTESS.
Page 133
... postilion Carl got into his saddle , and the old foot- man Fritz got up on the box . When all was ready , the postilion whipped up the horses , and away they trotted . The roads were very bad in those days , and their badness often ...
... postilion Carl got into his saddle , and the old foot- man Fritz got up on the box . When all was ready , the postilion whipped up the horses , and away they trotted . The roads were very bad in those days , and their badness often ...
Page 136
... postilion muttered something hastily , which Fritz did not dis- tinctly hear . After the carriage had gone a little farther , both the front horses started , and stopped . Fritz , in terror , shut his eyes , for he now feared the worst ...
... postilion muttered something hastily , which Fritz did not dis- tinctly hear . After the carriage had gone a little farther , both the front horses started , and stopped . Fritz , in terror , shut his eyes , for he now feared the worst ...
Page 140
... postilion a blow which sent him headlong over his horses ' ears to the ground . The figure then said , in a deep voice , as if speak- ing out of a grave , " Take that from Number Nip ; " and seizing the reins , he leapt into the postilion's ...
... postilion a blow which sent him headlong over his horses ' ears to the ground . The figure then said , in a deep voice , as if speak- ing out of a grave , " Take that from Number Nip ; " and seizing the reins , he leapt into the postilion's ...
Page 141
... postilion rode , and in a strong clear voice he said to him , " Whither away so furiously , scoundrel without a head ? " At the sound of the voice , which was quite human in its tone , the terrified mysterious postilion pulled up his ...
... postilion rode , and in a strong clear voice he said to him , " Whither away so furiously , scoundrel without a head ? " At the sound of the voice , which was quite human in its tone , the terrified mysterious postilion pulled up his ...
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