Cornertown Chronicles: New Legends of Old Lore. [With Illustrations.]Griffith and Farran, 1880 - 256 pages |
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... Prince , being of a glad and cheerful nature , enjoyed it all very much ; but the fairies , who had endowed him at his christening , had given him , besides riches , beauty and wit , a thoughtful mind and a kindly heart , and sometimes ...
... Prince , being of a glad and cheerful nature , enjoyed it all very much ; but the fairies , who had endowed him at his christening , had given him , besides riches , beauty and wit , a thoughtful mind and a kindly heart , and sometimes ...
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... Prince's Wooing , ' and tells how the young Prince in the course of his wanderings , reached a wild and secluded part of the king's dominions , where the people had been left so long to themselves , that they had at length ceased to ...
... Prince's Wooing , ' and tells how the young Prince in the course of his wanderings , reached a wild and secluded part of the king's dominions , where the people had been left so long to themselves , that they had at length ceased to ...
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... Prince , declared that they were much happier as they were , and would not be subject to any king under the sun , and finally shut the generous young Prince up in prison , and became more wild and lawless than ever . " " And did the Prince ...
... Prince , declared that they were much happier as they were , and would not be subject to any king under the sun , and finally shut the generous young Prince up in prison , and became more wild and lawless than ever . " " And did the Prince ...
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... Prince's spear with the Gold Flower fastened to the end . " Now this spear of the Prince's was a fairy gift , and its powers were marvellous ; it not only caused things to tell their stories , but people too , and revealed the truth ...
... Prince's spear with the Gold Flower fastened to the end . " Now this spear of the Prince's was a fairy gift , and its powers were marvellous ; it not only caused things to tell their stories , but people too , and revealed the truth ...
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Kathleen Knox. Prince she could only tell him long mournful his- tories of the people amongst whom she lived , their fierceness , their hardheartedness , their cruel cun- ning and deceitfulness - histories which made the Prince's heart ...
Kathleen Knox. Prince she could only tell him long mournful his- tories of the people amongst whom she lived , their fierceness , their hardheartedness , their cruel cun- ning and deceitfulness - histories which made the Prince's heart ...
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