RichardB Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Mister Sydney Algernon Horne, wor a weel to do chap, as yo'll gather thro' his name, for parents dooant give ther child sich fine names unless thers a bit o' brass behind em. If owd Horne, Sydney's feyther, had been a poor warkin man, he'd ha called th' lad Tom, or Bill, or happen Mike; but as he wor a gentleman, wi Bank shares, an Cottage haase property, he dubbed th' lad Sydney Algernon as aw've telled yo. Aw think its nobbut reight at aw should tell yo at this rewl abaat names doesn't allus hold gooid, for ther's a mucky, dirty nooased, draggle-tail'd lass lives up awr yard, wi frowsy hair at couldn't be straightened wi nowt short ov a cooambin machine; shoo hasn't a hawpney to bless hersen wi, an yet shoo's called Victoria Hujaney, after th' Queen o' these lands, an Ex-Empress o'th French. More 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The (More) link doesn't seem to be working any more so for them as missed it here is a link to where the whole book can be viewed or downloaded. ------------ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18176 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 18/11/2019 at 21:06, boginspro said: The (More) link doesn't seem to be working any more so for them as missed it here is a link to where the whole book can be viewed or downloaded. ------------ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18176 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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