The nightingale, and other tales, tr. by C. Boner |
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The Nightingale, and Other Tales, Tr. by C. Boner Hans Christian Andersen Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2019 |
The Nightingale, and Other Tales, Tr. by C. Boner Hans Christian Andersen Engin sýnishorn í boði - 2016 |
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artificial bird asked awoke Bear Island beautiful boat boughs brothers Buckwheat cavern church clouds colours danced dear dream dressed East Wind eleven Elise's Emperor Emperor of Japan eyes Fairy father fell fire flax flew flowers Garden of Paradise golden crown golden slipper grass green guess her thoughts hall hand head head over heels hear heard heart heaven Hjalmar John kissed knew Lamias leaden Soldier looked loom lovely Lucköie magnificent maiden mountain nettles never nodded old King old woman Ole Lucköie palace polar bear pretty Prince Princess Queen real Nightingale round sailed Sandman sang shew shirt of mail shone sing sitting sleep song soon stood story stuff swans tears tell thee thing thou to-morrow town Tree of Knowledge trees whole night wild wild swans window wings witch wood
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Síða 151 - They are standing outside with the canopy which is to be borne above your Majesty in the procession!" announced the Head Master of the Ceremonies. "Well, I am ready,
Síða 3 - The books went through all the world, and a few of them once came to the Emperor. He sat in his golden chair, and read, and read: every moment he nodded his head, for it pleased him to peruse the masterly descriptions of the city, the palace, and the garden. "But the Nightingale is the best of all,
Síða 63 - ... like a scarf; and in the middle of this ribbon was a shining tinsel rose as big as her whole face. The little lady stretched out both her arms, for she was a dancer; and then she lifted...
Síða 1 - And it extended so far, that the gardener himself did not know where the end was. If a man went on and on, he came into a glorious forest with high trees and deep lakes. The wood...
Síða 5 - Nightingale, which all the world knew excepting the people at court. At last they met with a poor little girl in the kitchen, who said, — "The Nightingale ? I know it well ; yes, it can sing gloriously.
Síða 16 - And as it sang the spectres grew paler and paler ; the blood ran quicker and more quickly through the Emperor's weak limbs ; and even Death listened, and said, " Go on, little Nightingale, go on...
Síða 79 - If the tea-urn will not sing," it said, " why, she may leave it alone : but there is a nightingale in a cage; she can sing. It is true she has been taught nothing. However, this evening we will speak ill of nobody.
Síða 151 - said all the courtiers, although not a single one of them could see any thing of the clothes. " ' Will your imperial Majesty most graciously be pleased to undress ? We will then try on the new things before the glass.' " The Emperor allowed himself to be undressed, and then the two cheats did exactly as if each one helped him on with an article of dress, while his Majesty turned himself round on all sides before the mirror. " ' The canopy which is to be borne above your Majesty in the procession,...
Síða 68 - A tin soldier !" The fish had been caught, taken to market, sold, and brought into the kitchen, where the cook cut it open with a large knife. She took the soldier up by the waist, with two fingers, and carried him into the parlor, where everyone wanted to see the wonderful man who had traveled about in the stomach of a fish.
Síða 8 - In the midst of the great hall, where the Emperor sat, a golden perch had been placed, on which the Nightingale was to sit. The whole court was there, and the little...