Stories about Number Nip: The Spirit of the Giant MountainsChatto & Windus, 1881 - 270 páginas Retelling of stories about Number Nip, the legendary spirit of the Giant Mountains in Silesia. First collected by Musaeus in the late 18th century. |
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... Fritz , and that he wanted to hire himself to a farmer . As Fritz looked so stout and fit for farm work , he soon found a farmer who was glad to hire him , and who said he would give him good wages if he would help well at the farm ...
... Fritz , and that he wanted to hire himself to a farmer . As Fritz looked so stout and fit for farm work , he soon found a farmer who was glad to hire him , and who said he would give him good wages if he would help well at the farm ...
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... Fritz were sitting in the kitchen of the inn , drinking a bottle of wine together in the evening , a tall and stout - look- ing man with a red beard happened to be sit- ting drinking beer at another table . Carl and Fritz talked ...
... Fritz were sitting in the kitchen of the inn , drinking a bottle of wine together in the evening , a tall and stout - look- ing man with a red beard happened to be sit- ting drinking beer at another table . Carl and Fritz talked ...
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... Fritz did not dis- tinctly hear . After the carriage had gone a little farther , both the front horses started , and stopped . Fritz , in terror , shut his eyes , for he now feared the worst . The horses reared and kicked , and would ...
... Fritz did not dis- tinctly hear . After the carriage had gone a little farther , both the front horses started , and stopped . Fritz , in terror , shut his eyes , for he now feared the worst . The horses reared and kicked , and would ...
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... and a great mask which concealed his head . If Fritz and Carl , who were both still lying stunned where they fell , had been there at that moment , they would have seen the same stout red - bearded fellow AND LORD GIANTDALE . 141.
... and a great mask which concealed his head . If Fritz and Carl , who were both still lying stunned where they fell , had been there at that moment , they would have seen the same stout red - bearded fellow AND LORD GIANTDALE . 141.
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... Fritz and Carl , she felt anxious for their safety . She told Lord Giantdale of her anxiety for them , and he ordered two of his armed horsemen to go at once in search of them , and to bring them to the castle . The two horsemen rode ...
... Fritz and Carl , she felt anxious for their safety . She told Lord Giantdale of her anxiety for them , and he ordered two of his armed horsemen to go at once in search of them , and to bring them to the castle . The two horsemen rode ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
amusing answered asked Bailiff Baron basket beautiful Benedick BESANT and JAMES black hoofs BRET HARTE Brinhilda brothers butler called Carl Carlsbad carriage castle Catrine cloth extra cloth limp Coloured Countess Crown 8vo dark daughters delighted Demy 8vo door Edition Essay Facsimile father footman Frau Ursula Fritz Giant Mountains gilt goats gold golden grave-looking happened heard Hirschberg horses JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE JUSTIN MCCARTHY kind Klaus knew ladies landlady landlord looked Lord Giantdale Ludwig MACQUOID maidens marry Meta morning mother Nip's Number Nip numerous Illustrations OUIDA palace poor Portrait postilion priest Prince Ratibon Princess prison Professor punish Rolf Rolf's salmon seen seized Silesia soon spirits Stephen story supper tell things thought told took trees turnips voice walked wife and children WILKIE COLLINS WILLIAM HURRELL MALLOCK window woman wood young
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