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 153
... gathered the waters , and the earth appeared dry , He reared the mountains with their tops to the sky , When the earth was formed , there sprang forth the flowers , When word gave command , there descended fine showers To the eastward ...
... gathered the waters , and the earth appeared dry , He reared the mountains with their tops to the sky , When the earth was formed , there sprang forth the flowers , When word gave command , there descended fine showers To the eastward ...
Page 347
... gather a few hazel nuts . - I had not been in the wood above 15 minutes , not gathered more than ten nuts , before I unfortunately fell into an old coal pit , exactly 51 feet deep , which had been made through a solid rock . On ...
... gather a few hazel nuts . - I had not been in the wood above 15 minutes , not gathered more than ten nuts , before I unfortunately fell into an old coal pit , exactly 51 feet deep , which had been made through a solid rock . On ...
Page 427
... gathering , 99 schools , 325 Gallant Shaver , or the Ghost Frighted , The , 198 Gallovidian Encyclopaedia , 353 Galloway , 352 Galt , John , 316 , 320 , 3220 Game laws , Scottish , 126 Garland of New Songs , A , 247 , 279 Garliestown ...
... gathering , 99 schools , 325 Gallant Shaver , or the Ghost Frighted , The , 198 Gallovidian Encyclopaedia , 353 Galloway , 352 Galt , John , 316 , 320 , 3220 Game laws , Scottish , 126 Garland of New Songs , A , 247 , 279 Garliestown ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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