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 63
... fell designedly on his pitcher , and tumbling it down the bank , went in pieces , his master and another man looking and laughing at the poor fellow complained of me to him , but got no satisfaction . us , The same evening , as I was ...
... fell designedly on his pitcher , and tumbling it down the bank , went in pieces , his master and another man looking and laughing at the poor fellow complained of me to him , but got no satisfaction . us , The same evening , as I was ...
Page 334
... fell , sum floteryt in the se , rendered by Hamilton , Some hung on craigs , and loath were to die . Some lap , some fell , some flutter'd in the sea ; ( McKim 2003 : 175 ) ( Hamilton 1722 : 103 ) Our chap relates that some ' threw ...
... fell , sum floteryt in the se , rendered by Hamilton , Some hung on craigs , and loath were to die . Some lap , some fell , some flutter'd in the sea ; ( McKim 2003 : 175 ) ( Hamilton 1722 : 103 ) Our chap relates that some ' threw ...
Page 347
... fell into a Coal Pit in Northwoodside , near Glasgow ; where he remained Seven Days And Seven Nights , without any other Support than Rain Water . Also the Surprising manner of his Deliverance , with anAccount of his behaviour when in ...
... fell into a Coal Pit in Northwoodside , near Glasgow ; where he remained Seven Days And Seven Nights , without any other Support than Rain Water . Also the Surprising manner of his Deliverance , with anAccount of his behaviour when in ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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