1 A falling star shone in the dark firmament.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 2 Grand, solemn, and dark was the whole landscape around.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 3 In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL 4 The moon was not yet very high; it was besides rather foggy, so that in the darkness all objects seemed mingled in chaotic confusion.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 5 But they dragged him out of the room, and up the stairs into the loft: and here, in a dark corner, where no daylight could enter, they left him.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE FIR TREE 6 One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE REAL PRINCESS 7 They drove through the dark wood; but the carriage shone like a torch, and it dazzled the eyes of the robbers, so that they could not bear to look at it.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 8 The door opposite was also opened late in the evening, but it was dark within, at least in the front room; further in there was heard the sound of music.
9 So Tuk ran over quickly and helped her; but when he came back again into the room it was quite dark, and as to a light, there was no thought of such a thing.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK 10 The little robber maiden was as tall as Gerda, but stronger, broader-shouldered, and of dark complexion; her eyes were quite black; they looked almost melancholy.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 11 The sea was dark blue, covered with ships full of white sails; and in the barn old women, maidens, and children were sitting picking hops into a large cask; the young sang songs, but the old told fairy tales of mountain-sprites and soothsayers.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE ELDERBUSH 12 And the Tree beheld all the beauty of the flowers, and the freshness in the garden; he beheld himself, and wished he had remained in his dark corner in the loft; he thought of his first youth in the wood, of the merry Christmas-eve, and of the little Mice who had listened with so much pleasure to the story of Humpy-Dumpy.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE FIR TREE