Monday, February 8, 2021

Nickleby Modernised. The Boy's Turn to Strike

Nickleby Modernised. The Boy's Turn to Strike | Hop
 Livingston Hopkins, Nickleby Modernised. The Boy's Turn to Strike, The Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 504 (12 Oct 1889, p.3) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-443500302
Nickleby Modernised. The Boy's Turn to Strike
“The “board-school children in Glasgow and Aberdeen are out on strike. They demand free education, and the abolition of flogging and of home lessons.”—Cable.
Mac Squeers: “How do you spell it?”
Laddie (who kens more than the maister): “W-i-n-d-o-w, Winder—and if you don't like it, clean it yourself.”