Golden threads from an ancient loom. Das Nibelunglied, adapted to the use of young readers1880 |
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... never receive a second ; so he began to think it might be as well to get rid of the stalwart youth who had become more than a match for him . Yet he feared to tell Siegfried what was working in SIEGFRIED'S FIGHT WITH THE DRAGON . 5.
... never receive a second ; so he began to think it might be as well to get rid of the stalwart youth who had become more than a match for him . Yet he feared to tell Siegfried what was working in SIEGFRIED'S FIGHT WITH THE DRAGON . 5.
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Lydia Hands. Yet he feared to tell Siegfried what was working in his mind , but being a mean villain he plotted secretly for his destruction . the neigh- Now it happened that at certain times in the year , bouring forest was infested by ...
Lydia Hands. Yet he feared to tell Siegfried what was working in his mind , but being a mean villain he plotted secretly for his destruction . the neigh- Now it happened that at certain times in the year , bouring forest was infested by ...
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... feared . Then the just vengeance of Siegfried broke forth ; seizing a bar of iron that lay in the smithy , he rushed upon his cowardly foe , and with one blow . cleft his head asunder . CHAPTER III . THE NIBELUNGEN HOARD . ( 6 Gold IO ...
... feared . Then the just vengeance of Siegfried broke forth ; seizing a bar of iron that lay in the smithy , he rushed upon his cowardly foe , and with one blow . cleft his head asunder . CHAPTER III . THE NIBELUNGEN HOARD . ( 6 Gold IO ...
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... feared for him the perils of the enterprise , for the pride of the Burgundian princes , Gunther and Gernot , and the fierce temper of her uncle , Hagen , were well known . Siegfried , however , would not be dissuaded ; he must see and ...
... feared for him the perils of the enterprise , for the pride of the Burgundian princes , Gunther and Gernot , and the fierce temper of her uncle , Hagen , were well known . Siegfried , however , would not be dissuaded ; he must see and ...
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... feared lest by her rash and angry words she should have brought danger upon her dear lord and husband ; and sorely did she repent , that in the heat of her passion she should have revealed to Brunhild that it was Sieg- fried who had won ...
... feared lest by her rash and angry words she should have brought danger upon her dear lord and husband ; and sorely did she repent , that in the heat of her passion she should have revealed to Brunhild that it was Sieg- fried who had won ...
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