A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 - 942 pages |
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Page 345
... rest to go in search of the garden of the Hesperides . And once the adventure was undertaken by a hero who had enjoyed very little peace or rest since he came into the world . At the time of which I am going to speak he was wandering ...
... rest to go in search of the garden of the Hesperides . And once the adventure was undertaken by a hero who had enjoyed very little peace or rest since he came into the world . At the time of which I am going to speak he was wandering ...
Page 415
... rest of the army then fell to work upon a great image of a horse . They built it of wood , fitted and carved , and with a door so cunningly concealed that none might notice it . When it was finished , the horse looked like a prodigious ...
... rest of the army then fell to work upon a great image of a horse . They built it of wood , fitted and carved , and with a door so cunningly concealed that none might notice it . When it was finished , the horse looked like a prodigious ...
Page 432
... rest , little dreaming what deep sorrow was to fall on them . Hrothgar's men sank to rest , but death was to be the portion of one . Grendel the monster was dead , but Grendel's mother still lived . Furious at the death of her son , she ...
... rest , little dreaming what deep sorrow was to fall on them . Hrothgar's men sank to rest , but death was to be the portion of one . Grendel the monster was dead , but Grendel's mother still lived . Furious at the death of her son , she ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
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