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The fairy ring (1910)

Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923, Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934, MacKinstry, E. (Elizabeth) · Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Co. · leaf 210

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any great prince or hand-some princess was mentioned to him, he or she was alwaysspoken of as having a long nose. The room was hung roundwith pictures in which all the figures had large noses; andDesire grew so accustomed to regard length of nose as anornament, that he would not for an empire have… … HE WAS A WEEK TRYING TO TREAD ON THIS FATAL TAIL THE FAIRY RING that of Mignonetta, the daughter of a great king, and heir-ess to several kingdoms; of the kingdoms, however, De-sire thought not at all, he was so much struck with herbeauty. The Princess Mignonetta, although he was thus charmedwith…

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