Fairy tales and novels

TYRANNY OF FAIRIES DESTROYED. SOlcomplete my misery by your reproaches ;you knowbut too well the value I have tor you, but are ignorantof all our misfortunes. Jl)e fairy Serpentawould have had her barbarous sisters consent toour happiness; but they, inflexible to her entreaties,are resolved to give me to a frightful monster,•whom they acknowledge for their king; and canyou now want to know the cause of my crying ?Ah! my dear Anaxander, the source will be driedup, and these hellish furies feeding on my tears,will not let me put an end to them by death. Thecompassionate >erj.enta has told me slie can do nomore foi us than to give us the sad pleasure ofcomplaining lopether for the last time.' 'Ah I madam,'cried the prince,'you will not deserve allher favours, if you don't make a riglit use of them :I know very well the meauiug of her last words,and the misfortunes prepared for us. Did not shesay, 1 will go and fetch tiie prince, that you mayconcert your measures with him ? What do youthink, ijiadam, are the measures I shouid adviseyou to take? Can you believe that she, knowingmy love for you, hopes I will persuade you to giveyouiself to tiie king of monsters ? >iO, madam, shemeans that vou should foUo-w the advice 1 gaveyou in the summer-house in the grove, and that•while you are free, and your keeper opens the prisondoors,you should go away : have a care thatit is not too late; make use of those precious momentsgiven you, they quickly glide away, and willnever come again.' 'Alas! maddin,' said Llisa,seeing the princess unresolved what to do, why do'you stay here? Ihe fairy will undoubtedly concealus in our flight, and we shall meet with noobstacle in our v.ay to the princess your mother.''Alas! how vaiuly do you flatter yourself,' repliedthe disconsolate'princess, to believe it so easy amatter to avoid the ill fate which pursues me!'* But,' said Elisa, ' can you be more ualiappy ? and