Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850Though 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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Success to the Lover , honour to the brave . Health to the sick , and freedom to the slave . Pleasures that please on reflection . May providence unite the hearts that love . Community , Unity , Navigation , and Trade .
Success to the Lover , honour to the brave . Health to the sick , and freedom to the slave . Pleasures that please on reflection . May providence unite the hearts that love . Community , Unity , Navigation , and Trade .
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Besides provisions they are high , And trading is so low , And if the season should be dear , And would continue so ; There is many a brave mechanic Must go as well as I , To serve the King and ...
Besides provisions they are high , And trading is so low , And if the season should be dear , And would continue so ; There is many a brave mechanic Must go as well as I , To serve the King and ...
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... And the trumpet's shrill clangor alarms , Let the vallies around , With echo resound , And terrible clashing of arms . Let rivers of blood , Run down in a flood While mortals are gasping for breath , Let the brave if they will ...
... And the trumpet's shrill clangor alarms , Let the vallies around , With echo resound , And terrible clashing of arms . Let rivers of blood , Run down in a flood While mortals are gasping for breath , Let the brave if they will ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850 |
| Author | Edward J. Cowan |
| Editors | Edward J. Cowan, Michael Paterson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Donald, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1904607519, 9781904607519 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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