 | American essays - 1871 - 798 pages
...lord keeps his heart. The giant, like the Jewish hero, finally succumbs to feminine blandishments. " Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island...duck ; in that duck there is an egg ; and in that egg there lies my heart, you darling." Boots, thus instructed, rides on the wolfs back to the island ;... | |
 | Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Sir George Webbe Dasent, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe - Fairy tales - 1859 - 532 pages
...know where it really lies." Then the poor Giant could hold out no longer, but was forced to say, — " Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island...duck ; in that duck there is an egg, and in that egg there lies my heart, — you darling !" In the morning early, while it was still grey dawn, the Giant... | |
 | Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Sir George Webbe Dasent, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe - Fiction - 1859 - 476 pages
...know where it really lies." Then the poor Giant could hold out no longer, but was forced to say, — " Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island...duck ; in that duck there is an egg, and in that egg there lies my heart, — you darling ! " In the morning early, while it was still grey dawn, the Giant... | |
 | 1068 pages
...he makes the acknowledgment. " Far, far away in a lake lies an island, on that island stands a. chu_ that church is a well, in that well swims a duck ; in that duck there Ufa and in that egg lies my heart." At the first opportunity the prince sets out, mounted on the -wolf,... | |
 | Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Sir George Webbe Dasent - Folklore - 1862 - 194 pages
...know where it really lies." Then the poor Giant could hold out no longer, but was forced to say, — well ; in that well swims a duck ; in that duck there is an egg, and in that egg there lies my heart, — you darling ! " In the morning early, while it was still gray dawn, the Giant... | |
 | American periodicals - 1869 - 826 pages
...mythology of the Western Aryans. The final answer corresponds precisely to that of Punchkin : — " Par, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island...duck ; in that duck there is an egg, and in that egg there lies my heart, — you darling." His darling takes a tender farewell of Boots, who sets off on... | |
 | George William Cox - Aryans - 1870 - 488 pages
...to that of Punchkin. ' Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island stands a church ; hi that church is a well ; in that well swims a duck ; in that duck there is an egg ; and in that egg there lies my heart, you darling.' His darling takes a tender farewell of Boots, who sets off on the... | |
 | John Fiske - Folklore - 1873 - 300 pages
...lord keeps his heart. The giant, like the Jewish hero, finally succumbs to feminine blandishments. " Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island...duck; in that duck there is an egg ; and in that egg there lies my * See Cox, Mythology of the Aryan Nations, Vol. I. pp. 145-149. heart, you darling."... | |
 | 1873 - 712 pages
...lord keeps his heart. The giant, like the Jewish hero, finally succumbs to feminine blandishments ' Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island...duck ; in that duck there is an egg ; and in that egg there lies my heart, you darling.' Boots, thus instructed, rides on the wolf's back to the island ;... | |
 | Edward Clodd - Mythology - 1875 - 306 pages
...refuses to tell her, or tells her falsely, but at last yields, as Samson yielded to Delilah. He says, ' Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island...duck ; in that duck there is an egg ; and in that egg there lies my heart, you darling.' The princess tells this to the prince, who ' rides on the wolfs... | |
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Far, far away in a lake lies an island ; on that island stands a church ; in that church is a well; in that well swims a duck; in that duck there is an egg, and in that egg there lies my heart — you darling ! " In the morning early, while it was still... 
