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The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (1916)

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863, Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859, Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill · New York : Doubleday, Page · leaf 57

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But round the castle a hedge of briar roses began to grow up. Rose had been asleep for the last hundred years, and withher slept the King, Queen, and all her courtiers. He knewalso, from his grandfather, that many princes had alreadycome and sought to pierce through the briar hedge, and hadremained… … BRIAR ROSE The good old man did all in his power to dissuade him, butthe Prince would not listen to his words. Now, however, the hundred years were just ended, and theday had come when Briar Rose was to wake up again. Whenthe Prince approached the briar hedge it was in blossom, andwas covered with…

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