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1  And yonder, where sea and sky meet, stood the sun, like a large shining altar, all melted together in the most glowing colors.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE BELL
2  "I lie on the sea," said Corsor; "I have high roads and gardens, and I have given birth to a poet who was witty and amusing, which all poets are not."
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK
3  That he was ill, she comprehended directly; so she brought him a pitcher of water, which tasted certainly pretty strong of the sea, although it had been fetched from the well.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
4  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 Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE ELDERBUSH
5  And the wood and the sea sang a song of rejoicing, and his heart sang with the rest: all nature was a vast holy church, in which the trees and the buoyant clouds were the pillars, flowers and grass the velvet carpeting, and heaven itself the large cupola.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE BELL
6  As to ourselves, we all know the speed produced by the employment of steam; we have experienced it either on railroads, or in boats when crossing the sea; but such a flight is like the travelling of a sloth in comparison with the velocity with which light moves.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
7  In the fields the corn was waving like the sea; in the ditches red and yellow flowers were growing; while wild-drone flowers, and blooming convolvuluses were creeping in the hedges; and towards evening the moon rose round and large, and the haycocks in the meadows smelt so sweetly.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE ELDERBUSH
8  The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million stars were lighted, a million lamps shone; and the King's Son spread out his arms towards heaven, and wood, and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a path to the right, appeared, in his wooden shoes and jacket, the poor boy who had been confirmed with him.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE BELL
9  On they flew over woods and lakes, over seas, and many lands; and beneath them the chilling storm rushed fast, the wolves howled, the snow crackled; above them flew large screaming crows, but higher up appeared the moon, quite large and bright; and it was on it that Kay gazed during the long long winter's night; while by day he slept at the feet of the Snow Queen.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
ContextHighlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN