Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of EnglandJ. Russell Smith, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... night ? Ugh , quoth hee . A similar song is current in Sweden , as we learn from Arwidsson , Svenska Fornsånger , iii . 482 , who gives a version in which an old woman , who had no children , took a little foal , which she called ...
... night ? Ugh , quoth hee . A similar song is current in Sweden , as we learn from Arwidsson , Svenska Fornsånger , iii . 482 , who gives a version in which an old woman , who had no children , took a little foal , which she called ...
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... night- fall entered a thick forest . They were both excessively tired , and Mr. Vinegar said , " My love , I will climb up into a tree , drag up the door , and you shall follow . " He accordingly did so , and they both stretched their ...
... night- fall entered a thick forest . They were both excessively tired , and Mr. Vinegar said , " My love , I will climb up into a tree , drag up the door , and you shall follow . " He accordingly did so , and they both stretched their ...
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... night with his daughter , and neither sleep nor doze , should have her the next day in marriage ; but if he did either , he should lose his head . Many knights attempted to fulfil the condition , and , having failed in the attempt ...
... night with his daughter , and neither sleep nor doze , should have her the next day in marriage ; but if he did either , he should lose his head . Many knights attempted to fulfil the condition , and , having failed in the attempt ...
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... night ; but when he heard how the shepherd had caught such beautiful fish out of his pocket , he asked him to catch one in his own . The shepherd readily undertook the task , and bidding the king lie down , he pretended to fish in his ...
... night ; but when he heard how the shepherd had caught such beautiful fish out of his pocket , he asked him to catch one in his own . The shepherd readily undertook the task , and bidding the king lie down , he pretended to fish in his ...
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... nights , and then chop off my head , I will tell you how to do it . " The maiden thought the frog could not be in earnest , but she was too impatient to consider much about it , and at once made the required promise . The frog then ...
... nights , and then chop off my head , I will tell you how to do it . " The maiden thought the frog could not be in earnest , but she was too impatient to consider much about it , and at once made the required promise . The frog then ...
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