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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... maidens to this pool soon after Number Nip had gone into his hiding - place . She was a Princess , the daughter of the King of Silesia , whose palace Number Nip had seen from the top of the hill . She often came out to the woods to ...
... maidens to this pool soon after Number Nip had gone into his hiding - place . She was a Princess , the daughter of the King of Silesia , whose palace Number Nip had seen from the top of the hill . She often came out to the woods to ...
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... maidens had finished their bathing , they took up their baskets of sweet - scented flowers and wild strawberries ... maidens , and Number Nip was delighted beyond measure when he saw her . But he did not remain hid in a bush this time at ...
... maidens had finished their bathing , they took up their baskets of sweet - scented flowers and wild strawberries ... maidens , and Number Nip was delighted beyond measure when he saw her . But he did not remain hid in a bush this time at ...
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The Spirit of the Giant Mountains Walter Grahame. When the Princess and her maidens came to the fountain , they were ... maidens saw was a cave or grotto which opened up in the marble rock behind the cascade . The Princess went 14 THE ...
The Spirit of the Giant Mountains Walter Grahame. When the Princess and her maidens came to the fountain , they were ... maidens saw was a cave or grotto which opened up in the marble rock behind the cascade . The Princess went 14 THE ...
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... maidens , she undressed and went in ; but she was no sooner in than she began to sink . When her maidens saw her sinking , they rushed forward and tried to seize her to drag her out , but before they THE PRINCESS . 15.
... maidens , she undressed and went in ; but she was no sooner in than she began to sink . When her maidens saw her sinking , they rushed forward and tried to seize her to drag her out , but before they THE PRINCESS . 15.
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... maidens were in the greatest sorrow at the loss of their mistress . They waited at the side of the marble basin ... maidens coming without the Princess , and looking very sorrowful , he feared that something sad had happened to the ...
... maidens were in the greatest sorrow at the loss of their mistress . They waited at the side of the marble basin ... maidens coming without the Princess , and looking very sorrowful , he feared that something sad had happened to the ...
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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