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"He wants to marry me as a maiden, but whether he would have me, were I a hand-rammer, is a question; so I won't have my name changed." "And I," said the elder one, "would rather have both my arms broken off."
"I must submit to your notice," he said, "that the name 'maiden' is common enough, and not nearly so refined as 'hand-rammer, or 'stamper, which latter has also been proposed, and through which you would be introduced into the category of seals; and only think of the great stamp of state, which impresses the royal seal that gives effect to the laws!
"One must be able to adapt one's self to time and circumstances, and if there is a law that the 'maiden' is to be called 'hand-rammer, why, she must be called 'hand-rammer, and no pouting will avail, for everything has its measure." "No; if there must be a change," said the younger, "I should prefer to be called 'Missy, for that reminds one a little of maidens."
They were "maidens" among the paver folk, and determined not to give up this honorable appellation, and let themselves be miscalled "rammers. "Maiden is a human name, but hand-rammer is a thing, and we won't be called things that's insulting us."
"One must be able to adapt oneself to time and circumstances, and if there is a law that the 'maiden' is to be called 'hand-rammer, why, she must be called 'hand-rammer, and no pouting will avail, for everything has its measure." "No; if there must be a change," said the younger, "I should prefer to be called 'Missy, for that reminds one a little of maidens."
"I must submit to your notice," he said, "that the name 'maiden' is common enough, and not nearly so refined as 'hand-rammer, or 'stamper, which latter has also been proposed, and through which you would be introduced into the category of seals; and only think of the great stamp of state, which impresses the royal seal that gives effect to the laws!
They were "maidens" among the paviour folk, and determined not to give up this honourable appellation, and let themselves be miscalled rammers. "Maiden is a human name, but hand-rammer is a thing, and we won't be called things that's insulting us."
"He wants to marry me as a maiden, but whether he would have me were I a hand-rammer is a question, so I won't have my name changed." "And I," said the elder one, "would rather have both my arms broken off."
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