1 "Look through this glass, Gerda," said he.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 2 He looked for the house, but it had vanished.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 3 She rose, and looked for many hours at the beautiful green banks.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 4 The snow-flakes grew larger and larger, till at last they looked just like great white fowls.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 5 Now that would be a very pretty joke, if the spirit when it came back and looked for the body in East Street, were not to find one.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 6 The poor old minister looked and looked, he could not discover anything on the looms, for a very good reason, viz: there was nothing there.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES 7 And the children held each other by the hand, kissed the roses, looked up at the clear sunshine, and spoke as though they really saw angels there.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 8 They now thought of placing the boxes across the gutter, so that they nearly reached from one window to the other, and looked just like two walls of flowers.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 9 And he smiled most graciously, and looked closely at the empty looms; for on no account would he say that he could not see what two of the officers of his court had praised so much.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES 10 He gazed at the street formerly so well known to him, and now so strange in appearance, and looked at the houses more attentively: most of them were of wood, slightly put together; and many had a thatched roof.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 11 The children danced about with their beautiful playthings; no one looked at the Tree except the old nurse, who peeped between the branches; but it was only to see if there was a fig or an apple left that had been forgotten.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE FIR TREE 12 And the swineherd went behind a tree, washed the black and brown color from his face, threw off his dirty clothes, and stepped forth in his princely robes; he looked so noble that the Princess could not help bowing before him.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SWINEHERD 13 It then seemed to him as if what he knew was not enough, and he looked upwards in the large huge empty space above him, and on she flew with him; flew high over the black clouds, while the storm moaned and whistled as though it were singing some old tune.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 14 One day he was in a very good humor, for he had made a mirror with the power of causing all that was good and beautiful when it was reflected therein, to look poor and mean; but that which was good-for-nothing and looked ugly was shown magnified and increased in ugliness.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 15 The swallows did not know anything about it; but the Stork looked musing, nodded his head, and said, "Yes; I think I know; I met many ships as I was flying hither from Egypt; on the ships were magnificent masts, and I venture to assert that it was they that smelt so of fir."
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE FIR TREE 16 In this mirror the most beautiful landscapes looked like boiled spinach, and the best persons were turned into frights, or appeared to stand on their heads; their faces were so distorted that they were not to be recognised; and if anyone had a mole, you might be sure that it would be magnified and spread over both nose and mouth.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 17 This happened every year; and the young Fir Tree, that had now grown to a very comely size, trembled at the sight; for the magnificent great trees fell to the earth with noise and cracking, the branches were lopped off, and the trees looked long and bare; they were hardly to be recognised; and then they were laid in carts, and the horses dragged them out of the wood.
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