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... give one the impulse and the will to deserve it all . " He was so pleased to hear , and I , you may be sure , was equally pleased to tell him , what had been written to me by a friend a short time before - that several little boys and ...
... give one the impulse and the will to deserve it all . " He was so pleased to hear , and I , you may be sure , was equally pleased to tell him , what had been written to me by a friend a short time before - that several little boys and ...
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... give up writing such stories , as he had no talent for them ; and it was only later , that , to use Andersen's own words , " every door and heart in Denmark was open to them . " But all of you , not critics by profession , you welcomed ...
... give up writing such stories , as he had no talent for them ; and it was only later , that , to use Andersen's own words , " every door and heart in Denmark was open to them . " But all of you , not critics by profession , you welcomed ...
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... am going to make a tour next summer ; will you go with me ? I should rather like to have a travelling companion ; will you accompany me as my shadow ? It will give me much pleasure to have you ; and as to the journey THE SHADOW . 35.
... am going to make a tour next summer ; will you go with me ? I should rather like to have a travelling companion ; will you accompany me as my shadow ? It will give me much pleasure to have you ; and as to the journey THE SHADOW . 35.
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... , do not like what is ordinary . One often gives one's servant finer cloth for livery than one wears oneself , and so I have had my shadow dressed out like a human being ; you see , indeed , that I have 40 THE SHADOW .
... , do not like what is ordinary . One often gives one's servant finer cloth for livery than one wears oneself , and so I have had my shadow dressed out like a human being ; you see , indeed , that I have 40 THE SHADOW .
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... give a pleasant odour . Look ye , such is their life ; they are only here to please the eye and nose ! And so now you know the whole matter . " As the evening came on , and the gnats played in the warm air and in the red clouds , the ...
... give a pleasant odour . Look ye , such is their life ; they are only here to please the eye and nose ! And so now you know the whole matter . " As the evening came on , and the gnats played in the warm air and in the red clouds , the ...
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12 Engravings 24 Engravings amusing Andersen Anec asked Author balcony beautiful birds bloomed bright burgomaster CHARLES BONER child chirp Chirrup Christian VIII cloth cold coloured darning-needle daugh door dream eyes fairy fairy tale fancied Fcap flew flowers Foolscap 8vo friends Frontispiece GEOGRAPHY GRANT AND GRIFFITH half-bound morocco HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN HISTORY honour Illustrated with 24 ISAAC TAYLOR king's daughter Kjöge knew learned LESSONS light Little Boys Little Tuk little Tukey lived looked maiden MAMMA'S BIBLE STORIES married couple match mother needle neighbours nest never old lamp old poet once PARLOUR GAMES plain poor little Price queens of Denmark roast goose rose-bush rose-tree roses sea-sick Second Edition shadow shewed shine Sixth Edition stood swallow's nest Tale tell there's a fellow thing Thorwaldsen thou thought told town wall wax-light whole wind window Woodcuts young sparrows
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