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"You might beat me with no hands at all," said I, "fair damsel, only by looking at me; I never saw such a face and figure, both regal. Why, you look like Ingeborg, Queen of Norway; she had twelve brothers, you know, and could lick them all, though they were heroes: 'On Dovrefeld in Norway, Were once together seen, The twelve heroic brothers Of Ingeborg the queen."
In crossing the summit and then the descent of the Dovrefeld Range, he suffered much fatigue both to the eye and limb, 'for never did my eye wander over so desolate a waste as the summit of these mountains, the peaks covered with snow, and spots of deep snow in the valleys. Not a vestige of herbage or tree to be seen on the northern summit, nor for one Swedish mile of the descent; then begins the stunted birch, next the Scotch fir, and 'towards the end of the day our eyes were cheered by the sight of pines.
‘You might beat me with no hands at all,’ said I, ‘fair damsel, only by looking at me—I never saw such a face and figure, both regal—why, you look like Ingeborg, Queen of Norway; she had twelve brothers, you know, and could lick them all, though they were heroes:— On Dovrefeld in Norway Were once together seen The twelve heroic brothers Of Ingeborg the queen.’
He was almost gigantically tall, towering nearly three inches above the burly host himself, yet athletically symmetrical, and straight as the pine tree of Dovrefeld.
In the heart of the Dovrefeld Mountains are grand and sublime landscapes of peak and ravine, cataract and forest, not inferior to the most famous scenes in Switzerland.
Who was it op'd to me the store Of dark unearthly Runic lore, And taught me to beguile my time With Denmark's aged and witching rhyme; To rest in thought in Elvir shades, And hear the song of fairy maids; Or climb the top of Dovrefeld, Where magic knights their muster held: Who was it did all this for me? O, who, but honest six-foot three!
'You might beat me with no hands at all, said I, 'fair damsel, only by looking at me I never saw such a face and figure, both regal why, you look like Ingeborg, Queen of Norway; she had twelve brothers, you know, and could lick them all, though they were heroes: On Dovrefeld in Norway Were once together seen The twelve heroic brothers Of Ingeborg the queen.
Free and independent I don't see why Oats A noise Unwelcome visitors What's the matter? Good-day to ye The tall girl Dovrefeld Blow on the face Civil enough What's this? Vulgar woman Hands off Gasping for breath Long Melford A pretty manoeuvre A long draught Signs of animation It won't do No malice Bad people.
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