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 305
... father's pale cheeks , which her lap had supported , To an out - house the rufffians the lovely maid bore ; With her pray'rs her inteaties , her sorrows they sported , And by force they deflow'red sweet Mary le More . And now a poor ...
... father's pale cheeks , which her lap had supported , To an out - house the rufffians the lovely maid bore ; With her pray'rs her inteaties , her sorrows they sported , And by force they deflow'red sweet Mary le More . And now a poor ...
Page 368
... father was a game - keeper , but afterwards a dog - trainer . He was early put to school , where he acquired a good knowledge of English grammar , writing , and arithmetic . About the age of ten , a trifling accident occurred , which ...
... father was a game - keeper , but afterwards a dog - trainer . He was early put to school , where he acquired a good knowledge of English grammar , writing , and arithmetic . About the age of ten , a trifling accident occurred , which ...
Page 377
... father and a brother ! ' He answered that he had both . ' All of your own profession - pickpockets ' , replied the Judge . He said he was perfectly mistaken , for neither he nor they were ever guilty of such a thing . He was right as to ...
... father and a brother ! ' He answered that he had both . ' All of your own profession - pickpockets ' , replied the Judge . He said he was perfectly mistaken , for neither he nor they were ever guilty of such a thing . He was right as to ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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