Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850John Donald, 2007 - 438 pages Though they represent a great unmined treasure-trove of history, literature and popular culture, chapbooks have been incomprehensibly and disgracefully ignored. This title presents a study of this form of publication. |
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Page 189
... drink it clean out talk wildly belch and stammer befuddled with drink golf listless 23 Bruntsfield Links was , and still is , a golf course , used for pitch and putt . ' Hay - jinks ' or ' hy- jinks ' in Ramsay's version are presumably ...
... drink it clean out talk wildly belch and stammer befuddled with drink golf listless 23 Bruntsfield Links was , and still is , a golf course , used for pitch and putt . ' Hay - jinks ' or ' hy- jinks ' in Ramsay's version are presumably ...
Page 241
... Drink Hence every thing that can Disturb the quiet of man ! Be blyth my soul , In a full bowl Drown thy care , And repair The vital stream , Since life's a dream , Let wine abound , And healths go round , We'll sleep more sound ; And ...
... Drink Hence every thing that can Disturb the quiet of man ! Be blyth my soul , In a full bowl Drown thy care , And repair The vital stream , Since life's a dream , Let wine abound , And healths go round , We'll sleep more sound ; And ...
Page 249
... drink now that they have largely acquitted themselves of their family responsibilities , an interesting spin on the usual mournful approach to old age . The piece appeared in Allan Ramsay's Tea- Table Miscellany ( Ramsay 1876 b , vol ...
... drink now that they have largely acquitted themselves of their family responsibilities , an interesting spin on the usual mournful approach to old age . The piece appeared in Allan Ramsay's Tea- Table Miscellany ( Ramsay 1876 b , vol ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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