Golden threads from an ancient loom. Das Nibelunglied, adapted to the use of young readers1880 |
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... soon have dis- trusted his own integrity as that of Mimer . But a day came when the boy found that he whom he had looked upon as a friend was a cruel foe ; he , on whose fidelity he would have staked his soul , was an arrant traitor ...
... soon have dis- trusted his own integrity as that of Mimer . But a day came when the boy found that he whom he had looked upon as a friend was a cruel foe ; he , on whose fidelity he would have staked his soul , was an arrant traitor ...
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... soon he slept a calm , untroubled sleep ; yet ere the morning dawned he had a dream of strange import . Hermione again seemed to stand before him , bidding him , so soon as he awoke , kindle a great fire , and set thereon a huge caldron ...
... soon he slept a calm , untroubled sleep ; yet ere the morning dawned he had a dream of strange import . Hermione again seemed to stand before him , bidding him , so soon as he awoke , kindle a great fire , and set thereon a huge caldron ...
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... soon he found that though the casket was fair , the jewel within was not worth the having ; so he left Isenland and its proud queen , vowing that she should be no wife to him . Then he wandered on to the banks of the flowing Rhine , to ...
... soon he found that though the casket was fair , the jewel within was not worth the having ; so he left Isenland and its proud queen , vowing that she should be no wife to him . Then he wandered on to the banks of the flowing Rhine , to ...
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... soon a high festival was appointed at Worms in honour of the victor . Kings and princes were to be there , and Criemhild herself was to be queen and star of the bright assembly . So that Whitsun morning remained for evermore a glorious ...
... soon a high festival was appointed at Worms in honour of the victor . Kings and princes were to be there , and Criemhild herself was to be queen and star of the bright assembly . So that Whitsun morning remained for evermore a glorious ...
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... soon as he returned to Worms . Gunther willingly made the required promise , and Siegfried immediately undertook the whole management of the enterprise . And first there was to be no great retinue marching to Isen- land , only two ...
... soon as he returned to Worms . Gunther willingly made the required promise , and Siegfried immediately undertook the whole management of the enterprise . And first there was to be no great retinue marching to Isen- land , only two ...
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Alberich amongst ANCIENT LOOM Author avenge bade BARBARA HUTTON beauty bevelled boards BOOKS brave knight brothers Brunhild Calf or Morocco CAYZER CHAPTER Cheaper Edition cloth elegant Coloured CONNAUGHT RANGERS Criem Crown 8vo cruel DARNELL DARNELL'S death Dietrich of Berne DRAGON enemies Etzel eyes fair Fcap FRANCIS CARR French Morocco Frontispiece Geiselher Gernot gilt edges gold GRIFFITH AND FARRAN guests HAGEN AND VOLKER hall Harrison Weir heart HERBERT MARTIN hostel Huns husband Illustrations Isenland King Gunther knew land Large Text limp maiden MERMAIDS Mimer Minster Model Yacht morocco antique mother NEEDLEWORK never Nibelungen hoard Nibelungen princes noble OLIVER GOLDSMITH once palace Post 8vo PUBLISHED BY GRIFFITH queen red edges retinue revenge Rhine royal Rudiger Russia servants Sewed Siegelinde Siegfried and Criemhild Siegfried's murder Siegmund sore STITCH STORIES sword Balmung Tarn-kappe THOMAS HOOD Thousand told treasure W. H. G. KINGSTON wife words Worms young
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