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 107
... heard that , she gat up and ran ben [ through ] to the spence [ larder ] , and crap [ crept ] in the bear [ barley ] meal barrel to hide herself frae the de'il , and curr'd [ crouched ] there ' till the kirk skaild [ dispersed ] , a ...
... heard that , she gat up and ran ben [ through ] to the spence [ larder ] , and crap [ crept ] in the bear [ barley ] meal barrel to hide herself frae the de'il , and curr'd [ crouched ] there ' till the kirk skaild [ dispersed ] , a ...
Page 137
... heard o ' doomed Richmond the Spy , The most damnable rascal that breathes neath the sky ; In history's page ye'll find Nero a guy , Compared with the deeds o ' doomed Richmond the Spy . For Richmond some years back , unask'd , forsooth ...
... heard o ' doomed Richmond the Spy , The most damnable rascal that breathes neath the sky ; In history's page ye'll find Nero a guy , Compared with the deeds o ' doomed Richmond the Spy . For Richmond some years back , unask'd , forsooth ...
Page 349
... heard me ; but being prepossessed with an idle story , of a wild man being in the wood , they ran away very much terrified . Sunday the 17th was my birthday , when I completed my 41st year , and I think it was the next day that some of ...
... heard me ; but being prepossessed with an idle story , of a wild man being in the wood , they ran away very much terrified . Sunday the 17th was my birthday , when I completed my 41st year , and I think it was the next day that some of ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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