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... leave her quite to herself till the next day . All that night , and all the next day , the little princess thought and thought of what excuse she could make ; but she could think of nothing but to ask him to give her another day ; and ...
... leave her quite to herself till the next day . All that night , and all the next day , the little princess thought and thought of what excuse she could make ; but she could think of nothing but to ask him to give her another day ; and ...
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... leave without paying her any compliments . The Moorish princess was sad when she saw him go out so ; and sadder still when she learnt that no Christian prince cared to know a Moorish maid . Carlo Magno himself , however , was sorry for ...
... leave without paying her any compliments . The Moorish princess was sad when she saw him go out so ; and sadder still when she learnt that no Christian prince cared to know a Moorish maid . Carlo Magno himself , however , was sorry for ...
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... leaving him no means of escape ! Then they made haste and carried off the prin- cesses , riding on without stopping till they came to the king . Clotaldo , seeing his daughters free , never doubted but that those who had brought them ...
... leaving him no means of escape ! Then they made haste and carried off the prin- cesses , riding on without stopping till they came to the king . Clotaldo , seeing his daughters free , never doubted but that those who had brought them ...
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... leave of the little prin- cess , had gone out into the wilderness and called the third of the enchanted horses , and with him had ridden with such impetuosity against the enemy , imitating Saint Jago , that he had put the whole army to ...
... leave of the little prin- cess , had gone out into the wilderness and called the third of the enchanted horses , and with him had ridden with such impetuosity against the enemy , imitating Saint Jago , that he had put the whole army to ...
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... discovered the real beauty whose ideal had so absorbed him . King Canamor and Queen Leonela were incon- solable at the idea of their only son leaving them on so wild an errand ; but they had never taught 48 Turian and Floreta .
... discovered the real beauty whose ideal had so absorbed him . King Canamor and Queen Leonela were incon- solable at the idea of their only son leaving them on so wild an errand ; but they had never taught 48 Turian and Floreta .
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