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Laboulaye's fairy book (1920)

Laboulaye, Edouard, 1811-1883, McCandlish, Edward G., ill · New York : Harper · leaf 142

An illustration from Laboulaye's fairy book, 1920, leaf 142
g of hunger, and seeking in vain for a root to allay thetorture that was consuming her. God had humbled her bygranting her prayer. Three days in the year, the Rogation Days, when theground half opens to receive the fruitful rain sent by theLord, Marienka returns to the earth. Dressed in rags,pale… … Dewitz, in the neighborhood of Prague, thereonce lived a rich and whimsical old farmer whohad a beautiful daughter. The students of Prague, ofwhom there were at that time twenty - five thousand,often walked in the direction of Dewitz, and more thanone of them offered to follow the plow in hopes of…

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