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... leaves in honour of May - day . We could not quit Malmö without visiting Torup , said everybody ; so last evening Countess Tröill kindly called for us , and we started along the highway as fast as four horses could carry us . An hour's ...
... leaves in honour of May - day . We could not quit Malmö without visiting Torup , said everybody ; so last evening Countess Tröill kindly called for us , and we started along the highway as fast as four horses could carry us . An hour's ...
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... leaves , and garlands hang around him he and his band bear in their hands branches of the birch . Winter and his followers pelt the opposite party with snowballs . Then comes the struggle , which is decided according to the state of the ...
... leaves , and garlands hang around him he and his band bear in their hands branches of the birch . Winter and his followers pelt the opposite party with snowballs . Then comes the struggle , which is decided according to the state of the ...
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... leaves from the bark , and burst forth into flower , fresh and roseate as the apple - blossom . Then the prelate knew how this was a sign from Heaven to preach the blessed doctrine of salvation in a more kindly spirit . Hastening back ...
... leaves from the bark , and burst forth into flower , fresh and roseate as the apple - blossom . Then the prelate knew how this was a sign from Heaven to preach the blessed doctrine of salvation in a more kindly spirit . Hastening back ...
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... leaves dancing in the wind ; the ground bristled with prickly juniper , while boulders lay tossed about here , there , and everywhere . * The bogs shine bright with the golden petals of the marsh marigold ; † patches of white anemones ...
... leaves dancing in the wind ; the ground bristled with prickly juniper , while boulders lay tossed about here , there , and everywhere . * The bogs shine bright with the golden petals of the marsh marigold ; † patches of white anemones ...
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... leaves of healing properties , that might be used for wounds . The plates were there , ever before the pupils ' eyes . As boys must gape at something , it is as well they should do so to some advantage . As a class , first - rate ...
... leaves of healing properties , that might be used for wounds . The plates were there , ever before the pupils ' eyes . As boys must gape at something , it is as well they should do so to some advantage . As a class , first - rate ...
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