The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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Page 78
... father : the bad fellow never comes to see me . " " Let me see the egg which will not burst , " said the old visitor . " Believe me , it is a turkey's egg . I was once cheated in that way , and had much anxiety and trouble with the ...
... father : the bad fellow never comes to see me . " " Let me see the egg which will not burst , " said the old visitor . " Believe me , it is a turkey's egg . I was once cheated in that way , and had much anxiety and trouble with the ...
Page 79
... does not want to lose her , and that she's to be recognized by man and beast . Shake yourselves - don't turn in your toes ; a well - brought - up duck turns its toes quite out , just like father and mother , so ANDERSEN 79.
... does not want to lose her , and that she's to be recognized by man and beast . Shake yourselves - don't turn in your toes ; a well - brought - up duck turns its toes quite out , just like father and mother , so ANDERSEN 79.
Page 80
... father and mother , so ! and say ' Rap ! " " Now bend your necks And they did so ; but the other ducks round about looked at them , and said quite boldly : " Look there ! now we're to have these hanging on , as if there were not enough ...
... father and mother , so ! and say ' Rap ! " " Now bend your necks And they did so ; but the other ducks round about looked at them , and said quite boldly : " Look there ! now we're to have these hanging on , as if there were not enough ...
Page 86
... father and mother ; and bread and cake were thrown into the water ; and they all said , " The new one is the most beautiful of all ! so young and handsome ! " and the old swans bowed their heads before him . Then he felt quite ashamed ...
... father and mother ; and bread and cake were thrown into the water ; and they all said , " The new one is the most beautiful of all ! so young and handsome ! " and the old swans bowed their heads before him . Then he felt quite ashamed ...
Page 96
... father . Be thou a protector to my knightly thanes , My trusty comrades , if war take me off : Also the treasures , which thou gavest me , Do thou , dear Hrothgar , to Hygelac send . May then by the gold the Geat's lord perceive ...
... father . Be thou a protector to my knightly thanes , My trusty comrades , if war take me off : Also the treasures , which thou gavest me , Do thou , dear Hrothgar , to Hygelac send . May then by the gold the Geat's lord perceive ...
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