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The Russian story book : containing tales from the song-cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and other early sources (1916)

Wilson, Richard, fl. 1914-1916, 1878- · London : Macmillan · leaf 96

An illustration from The Russian story book : containing tales from the song-cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and other early sources, 1916, leaf 96 — these things his soul delighted. When thiswork had been finished—and it occupied a fairspace of time—Ilya returned to Kiev city, where thecourteous Prince Vladimir asked him where he hadbeen. Sitting down in the great corner near the stove,the old man smiled gently, stretched his feet to theblaze,… … HOW QUIET DUNAI HAD BROUGHT THEPRINCESS APRAXIA TO KIEV THE tale of the wedding of Vladimir and the PrincessApraxia was one which was often told after a banquet;and here it is : Quiet Dunai was a great traveller, and one wholoved to move without turbulence, leisurely and athis chosen ease. From…

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