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 340
... English numbers , but far inferior in discipline and appointments . By that sort of fatality , which seems inherent in divided command and undisciplined masses , when they are most required to act in concert , and which always leads to ...
... English numbers , but far inferior in discipline and appointments . By that sort of fatality , which seems inherent in divided command and undisciplined masses , when they are most required to act in concert , and which always leads to ...
Page 341
... English commanders were thrown into perplexity as to what plan of operations they should follow . To attempt to force a passage along the bridge , in the face of an enemy so advantageously posted and so full of zeal and high hopes ...
... English commanders were thrown into perplexity as to what plan of operations they should follow . To attempt to force a passage along the bridge , in the face of an enemy so advantageously posted and so full of zeal and high hopes ...
Page 344
... English . Exasperated at the sight of this selfish traitor , Wallace suddenly darted forward , and with his two - handed sword dealt him a blow , which , though it missed Bruce's head , was yet aimed with such prodigious strength as to ...
... English . Exasperated at the sight of this selfish traitor , Wallace suddenly darted forward , and with his two - handed sword dealt him a blow , which , though it missed Bruce's head , was yet aimed with such prodigious strength as to ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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