Wonderful Stories from Northern LandsLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 240 páginas |
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... told the old Greek tale of Psychê and Love , -how she was carried away to a cave in a lonely garden , where her sisters told her that she was wedded to a AUTHOR'S PREFACE . ALTHOUGH English children have long been delighted INTRODUCTION.
... told the old Greek tale of Psychê and Love , -how she was carried away to a cave in a lonely garden , where her sisters told her that she was wedded to a AUTHOR'S PREFACE . ALTHOUGH English children have long been delighted INTRODUCTION.
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... told the old Greek tale of Psychê and Love , -how she was carried away to a cave in a lonely garden , where her sisters told her that she was wedded to a hideous monster , how by their evil counsels she rose.
... told the old Greek tale of Psychê and Love , -how she was carried away to a cave in a lonely garden , where her sisters told her that she was wedded to a hideous monster , how by their evil counsels she rose.
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... told her that no ray of light must fall upon him ; how after a while at the mar- riage of one of her sisters a ray pierced through a chink of the door and fell like a hair line upon the prince , who in the same instant that it touched ...
... told her that no ray of light must fall upon him ; how after a while at the mar- riage of one of her sisters a ray pierced through a chink of the door and fell like a hair line upon the prince , who in the same instant that it touched ...
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... told again in the Hindu legend of Urvasî and Purûravas , † in the Deccan tale of the 6 * See the tale in Dasent's Popular Tales from the Norse , ' and the poem so intitled in Mr. Morris's Earthly Paradise . ' † Max Müller , ' Chips from ...
... told again in the Hindu legend of Urvasî and Purûravas , † in the Deccan tale of the 6 * See the tale in Dasent's Popular Tales from the Norse , ' and the poem so intitled in Mr. Morris's Earthly Paradise . ' † Max Müller , ' Chips from ...
Página xv
... told of Sarpêdôn , the chief of the far - off Eastern land , who in one version is brought to life again like Balder , like Osiris , and like Memnon , the glistening Son of the Dawn . But nothing on earth can hurt Balder , except one ...
... told of Sarpêdôn , the chief of the far - off Eastern land , who in one version is brought to life again like Balder , like Osiris , and like Memnon , the glistening Son of the Dawn . But nothing on earth can hurt Balder , except one ...
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