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 266
... lost as you see , From the Spaniards I've gain'd a large portion , now in search of some kind - hearted she . Chorus Then girls be not nice in the matter , remember and mind what I say , That half a good husband is better , than twenty ...
... lost as you see , From the Spaniards I've gain'd a large portion , now in search of some kind - hearted she . Chorus Then girls be not nice in the matter , remember and mind what I say , That half a good husband is better , than twenty ...
Page 269
... lost , compared with what now happens making every allowance for the increase of shipping . It is lamentable to think how ships are now thrown away . With sea wind and lazy weather , we see them keeping near the land , and grappling for ...
... lost , compared with what now happens making every allowance for the increase of shipping . It is lamentable to think how ships are now thrown away . With sea wind and lazy weather , we see them keeping near the land , and grappling for ...
Page 383
... lost his equilibrium , he made a sort of semicircular movement , and found himself standing in the midst of tombs and headstones . ' Hech ' , said he , ' the door open at this hour o ' the night ! that's extraorinar ' - its ...
... lost his equilibrium , he made a sort of semicircular movement , and found himself standing in the midst of tombs and headstones . ' Hech ' , said he , ' the door open at this hour o ' the night ! that's extraorinar ' - its ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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