 I have been in a lady's work-box," said the darning-needle, " and this lady was the cook. She had on each hand five fingers, and anything so conceited as these five fingers I have never seen ; and yet they were only employed to take me out of the box...  The Dream of Little Tuk, and Other Tales - Síða 58eftir Hans Christian Andersen - 1848 - 115 síðurHeildartexta - Um bókina
 | Hans Christian Andersen - 1867 - 736 síður
...and anything so conceited as these five fingers I have never seen ; and yet they were only employed to take me out of the box and to put me back again." " Were they not high-bom ? " " High-born ! " said the darning-needle, " no indeed, but so haughty.... | |
 | Hans Christian Andersen - 1873 - 198 síður
...five fingers, and anything so conceited as those fingers I have never seen. And they were there just to take me out of the box and to put me back again." " Were they aristocratic ? " asked the stopper. " Aristocratic!" said the darning.needle, "... | |
 | Hans Christian Andersen - 1883 - 186 síður
...precious, and they talked together of the world, and of how haughty it is. " I was with a certain miss, iu a little box, said the darning-needle, " and this...these fingers ! And yet they were only there to take in 3 out of the box and to put me back into it again !" " Were they, then, of noble birth V asked the... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1895 - 396 síður
...a cook ; she had five fingers on each hand ; anything so proud as these fingers I have never seen ! And yet they were only there to take me out of the work-box and to put me back again ! ' ' Were they of noble birth, then ? ' asked the bit of bottle-glass.... | |
 | Hans Christian Andersen - 1898 - 198 síður
...and anything so conceited as these five fingers I have never seen ; and yet they were only employed to take me out of the box and to put me back again.'' , " Were they not high-born ? " " High-born ! " said the darning-needle, "no indeed, but so... | |
 | 1900 - 168 síður
...and anything so conceited as these five fingers I have never seen ; and yet they were only employed to take me out of the box and to put me back again." " Were they not high born ? " " High born ! " said the darning needle, " no, indeed, but so... | |
 | George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes - 1900 - 230 síður
...they began to talk about the world, and the conceited people in it. 138 yet they were only employed to take me out of the box and to put me back again." 14. " Were they not highborn ? " 15. "Highborn!" said the darning needle, "no indeed, but so... | |
 | 1912 - 172 síður
...and anything so conceited as these five fingers I have never seen; and yet they were only employed to take me out of the box and to put me back again." "Were they not high born?" "High born!" said the darning needle, "no, indeed, but so haughty.... | |
 | Hans Christian Andersen - 2011 - 1122 síður
...a cook, and she had five fingers on each hand. There never existed creatures so conceited as those fingers; and yet they were only there to take me out of the hox and put me hack." "Did they shine?" asked the glass splinter. "Shine!" sneered the needle. "Oh,... | |
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