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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... Chapman . The word ' chapman ' derives from Old English céap , meaning barter , dealing ; hence a chapman is a merchant , trader or dealer , one who buys and sells . The modern word ' chap ' , a fellow , was originally a buyer or ...
... Chapman . The word ' chapman ' derives from Old English céap , meaning barter , dealing ; hence a chapman is a merchant , trader or dealer , one who buys and sells . The modern word ' chap ' , a fellow , was originally a buyer or ...
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... chapman's pack only to meet a bloody end . There was a far - fetched tradition , probably of the invented variety , that the chapman guild met beside a fine old cross at Preston Tower , East Lothian . There they supposedly held a ...
... chapman's pack only to meet a bloody end . There was a far - fetched tradition , probably of the invented variety , that the chapman guild met beside a fine old cross at Preston Tower , East Lothian . There they supposedly held a ...
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... Chapman Preface John Cheap the chapman , was a very comical short thick fellow , with a broad face and a long nose ; both lame and lazy , and something leacherous among the lasses : he chused rather to sit idle than work at any time ...
... Chapman Preface John Cheap the chapman , was a very comical short thick fellow , with a broad face and a long nose ; both lame and lazy , and something leacherous among the lasses : he chused rather to sit idle than work at any time ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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