Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 295
stay. T TWO MAIDENS. HATE you ever seen a maiden ? I mean what our parlours call a,maiden, a thing with which they ram down the paving-stones in theroads. A maiden of this kind is made altogether of wood, broad below,and girt round with iron rings; at the top she is narrow, and has astick passed… … THE TWO MAIDENS. all this company the news had come that the Maidens were no longer tobe called maidens, but hand-rammers ; which word was the newestand the only correct designation among the paviours for the thing weall know from the old times by the name of the maiden. Now, there are among us…
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