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1  Then the little man took leave of him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN GOOSE
2  So they did as he wished; and when Tom had taken leave of his father they took him away with them.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In TOM THUMB
3  The carter was forced at last to leave his cart behind him, and to go home overflowing with rage and vexation.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
4  The next morning she asked the way she was to go, and took leave of her father, and went forth with a bold heart into the wood.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In LILY AND THE LION
5  They danced on till three o'clock in the morning, and then all their shoes were worn out, so that they were obliged to leave off.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
6  Soon after came up a millstone, an egg, a duck, and a pin; and Chanticleer gave them all leave to get into the carriage and go with them.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET
7  He no sooner began to drink of what they brought him, than he felt his sickness leave him, and was as strong and well as in his younger days.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE WATER OF LIFE
8  Then she laid them in the green grass under the juniper-tree, and she had no sooner done so, then all her sadness seemed to leave her, and she wept no more.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE JUNIPER-TREE
9  Then he ran after him with the knife still in his hand, crying: 'Just one, just one,' meaning that the guest should leave him just one chicken, and not take both.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In CLEVER GRETEL
10  Then they all took a sorrowful leave of the princess; and she put the lock of hair into her bosom, got upon her horse, and set off on her journey to her bridegroom's kingdom.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
11  Now there were thirteen fairies in the kingdom; but as the king and queen had only twelve golden dishes for them to eat out of, they were forced to leave one of the fairies without asking her.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In BRIAR ROSE
12  And Curdken went on telling the king what had happened upon the meadow where the geese fed; how his hat was blown away; and how he was forced to run after it, and to leave his flock of geese to themselves.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
13  But she would not leave him alone, and urged him saying, 'If you will not eat anything, at least you might take a draught of wine; one drink counts for nothing,' and at last he allowed himself to be persuaded, and drank.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE RAVEN
14  They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight horses, and all set out, full of joy and merriment, for the prince's kingdom, which they reached safely; and there they lived happily a great many years.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE FROG-PRINCE
15  As they came to the castle, all was as the fox had said, and at twelve o'clock the young man met the princess going to the bath and gave her the kiss, and she agreed to run away with him, but begged with many tears that he would let her take leave of her father.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
16  So he left her by herself; and though he thought it most likely that the wild beasts would tear her in pieces, he felt as if a great weight were taken off his heart when he had made up his mind not to kill her but to leave her to her fate, with the chance of someone finding and saving her.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In SNOWDROP
17  At first the thing was merry and pleasant enough; but when it had gone on a while, and there seemed to be no end of playing or dancing, they began to cry out, and beg him to leave off; but he stopped not a whit the more for their entreaties, till the judge not only gave him his life, but promised to return him the hundred florins.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE MISER IN THE BUSH
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