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Stories for the household (1889)

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 590

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d. No, replied the old woman, but yesterday I saw eleven swansswimming in the river close by, with golden crowns on their heads. And she led Eliza a short distance farther, to a declivity, and at thefoot of the slope a little river wound its way. The trees on its marginstretched their long leafy… … ELIZA LOOKING OUT FOE HEE BEOTIIEES, THE WILD SWAJfS. Eliza said farewell to the old woman,.and went beside the river to theplace where the stream flowed out to the great open ocean. The whole glorious sea lay before the young girls eyes, but not onesail appeared on its surface, and not a boat was…

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