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 87
... four and six in the Afternoon , you may expect the Weather will be more favourable than it was when it changed , was at the Full or entered either of the Quarters between the Hours of two and four in the Afternoon . If the Moon change ...
... four and six in the Afternoon , you may expect the Weather will be more favourable than it was when it changed , was at the Full or entered either of the Quarters between the Hours of two and four in the Afternoon . If the Moon change ...
Page 114
... four suits in the cards , that intimate the four quarters of the year ; then as there are thirteen cards in each suit , that is , just as many as there are weeks in a quarter ; there are also as many lunations in a year as there are ...
... four suits in the cards , that intimate the four quarters of the year ; then as there are thirteen cards in each suit , that is , just as many as there are weeks in a quarter ; there are also as many lunations in a year as there are ...
Page 115
... four puts me in mind of the four Theological Virtues , the four Evangelists , the four Last Things , Death , Judgement , Heaven and Hell , and the four Seasons into which God hath divided and disposed the year for the use of man , viz ...
... four puts me in mind of the four Theological Virtues , the four Evangelists , the four Last Things , Death , Judgement , Heaven and Hell , and the four Seasons into which God hath divided and disposed the year for the use of man , viz ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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