No," replied the boy, quite short, " the bell is not for sale. It is a bell, that there is not such another bell in the whole world. I have only to give it a little tinkle, and my sheep run of themselves wherever I would have them go. And what a delightful... Folk-lore and Legends: Scandinavian - Page 351891 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Keightley - Fairy tales - 1828 - 386 pages
...my life I never beheld any thing more beautiful ! Harkye, my son, will you sell me that bell ? And what may be the price of it? I have a little grandson...him ; but he still replied, " No, I will not sell my bell.'' She then offered him five dollars. " The bell is still mine," said he. She stretched out... | |
| Thomas Keightley - Fairy tales - 1860 - 584 pages
...all my life I never beheld anything more beautiful ! Harkye, my son, will you sell me that bell ? And what may be the price of it ? I have a little grandson...gone in a second." The old woman thought to herself, " AYe will see if he can hold out against bright shining money." And she took out no less than three... | |
| Thomas Keightley - Fairy tales - 1900 - 588 pages
...all my life I never beheld anything more beautiful ! Harkye, my son, will you sell me that bell ? And what may be the price of it ? I have a little grandson...and offered them to him: but he still replied, " No, 1 will not sell my bell." She then offered him five dollars. " The bell ia still mine," said he. She... | |
| Thomas Keightley - Fairies - 1905 - 626 pages
...all my life I never beheld anything more beautiful ! Harkye, my son, will you sell me that bell ? And what may be the price of it ? I have a little grandson...weariness in the world that can hold out against this bell f I can ring with it away the longest time, so that it will be gone in a second." The old woman thought... | |
| Alexander Haggerty Krappe - Celtic literature - 1927 - 246 pages
...of themselves wherever I would have them go. And what a delightful sound it has! Only listen . . . is there any weariness in the world that can hold out against this bellf I can ring with it away the longest time, so that it will be gone in a second ".M Bells of this... | |
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