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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... horse , or a cow , or any other living thing about the Giant Mountains , he cannot be sure that it is not Number Nip , as Number Nip is con- stantly changing himself , now into one shape and now into another . When Number Nip used to ...
... horse , or a cow , or any other living thing about the Giant Mountains , he cannot be sure that it is not Number Nip , as Number Nip is con- stantly changing himself , now into one shape and now into another . When Number Nip used to ...
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... horse . All at once a fiery winged horse stood beside her , snorting out fire from his nostrils . She jumped upon his back , and told him to fly away over the Giant Mountains , to the edge of the great dark wood . So away he flew over ...
... horse . All at once a fiery winged horse stood beside her , snorting out fire from his nostrils . She jumped upon his back , and told him to fly away over the Giant Mountains , to the edge of the great dark wood . So away he flew over ...
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... horse with the Princess on his back ; but the horse and the Princess had nearly reached the outside of Number Nip's mountain kingdom ; and as he knew that he could not overtake them before they were out of his kingdom , and that he ...
... horse with the Princess on his back ; but the horse and the Princess had nearly reached the outside of Number Nip's mountain kingdom ; and as he knew that he could not overtake them before they were out of his kingdom , and that he ...
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... too , stretching far in all directions , with rich waving crops ; and many thousands of cattle on endless grassy plains ; and many well - made high - roads , with crowds of busy men , and horses , and waggons BENEDICK AND CATRINE . 45.
... too , stretching far in all directions , with rich waving crops ; and many thousands of cattle on endless grassy plains ; and many well - made high - roads , with crowds of busy men , and horses , and waggons BENEDICK AND CATRINE . 45.
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The Spirit of the Giant Mountains Walter Grahame. crowds of busy men , and horses , and waggons , and carriages always passing along ; and there were many other changes besides , which almost bewildered him at first . Still he was angry ...
The Spirit of the Giant Mountains Walter Grahame. crowds of busy men , and horses , and waggons , and carriages always passing along ; and there were many other changes besides , which almost bewildered him at first . Still he was angry ...
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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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