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 41
... cheap ' , low in price , inexpensive , is a short form of ' good cheap ' , a cheap market . Cheap is also an adverb , as in to buy something cheap , at a low price or easily . Hawkers known as Cheap John or Cheap Jack first turn up ...
... cheap ' , low in price , inexpensive , is a short form of ' good cheap ' , a cheap market . Cheap is also an adverb , as in to buy something cheap , at a low price or easily . Hawkers known as Cheap John or Cheap Jack first turn up ...
Page 46
... Cheap the Chapman : containing above a Hundred Merry Exploits done by him and his fellow Traveller , Drowthy Tam , a sticked Shaver . In three parts This ... CHEAP The Chapman ; CONTAINING Above 46 The History of John Cheap the Chapman.
... Cheap the Chapman : containing above a Hundred Merry Exploits done by him and his fellow Traveller , Drowthy Tam , a sticked Shaver . In three parts This ... CHEAP The Chapman ; CONTAINING Above 46 The History of John Cheap the Chapman.
Page 424
... cheap , derivation of word , 41 Cheap Literature Movement , 20 , Cheap Magazine , 34 ' Cheap Tracts ' , 34 Chevalier's Muster Roll , The , 320 Child , F. J. , 25 , 310 , 386 , 389 Choice Collection ( Watson ) , 18 , 39 ' Christis Kirk ...
... cheap , derivation of word , 41 Cheap Literature Movement , 20 , Cheap Magazine , 34 ' Cheap Tracts ' , 34 Chevalier's Muster Roll , The , 320 Child , F. J. , 25 , 310 , 386 , 389 Choice Collection ( Watson ) , 18 , 39 ' Christis Kirk ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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