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 69
... Scots Magazine of October 1785. The idea that Scottish beauties were competing to join him in flight is reflected in a poem , To Mr L - di from a young Lady the night before he ascended - ' Shou'dst thou thro ' air in furious winds be ...
... Scots Magazine of October 1785. The idea that Scottish beauties were competing to join him in flight is reflected in a poem , To Mr L - di from a young Lady the night before he ascended - ' Shou'dst thou thro ' air in furious winds be ...
Page 364
... ( Scots Magazine , July - December 1821 : 135-6 ) . Haggart's defence lawyer , George Robertson , did not find the task of preparing the volume for the press a pleasant one , asserting that ' it was undertaken with great hesitation and ...
... ( Scots Magazine , July - December 1821 : 135-6 ) . Haggart's defence lawyer , George Robertson , did not find the task of preparing the volume for the press a pleasant one , asserting that ' it was undertaken with great hesitation and ...
Page 367
... Scots Magazine's account of his execution would do justice to a chap- book . It comments on his firm and unshaken demeanour and mildness of countenance , astonishing when compared with his exploits . He shed a tear when a group of ...
... Scots Magazine's account of his execution would do justice to a chap- book . It comments on his firm and unshaken demeanour and mildness of countenance , astonishing when compared with his exploits . He shed a tear when a group of ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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