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 202
... Leave thee , leave thee ! I'll never leave thee , The stars shall gang withershins e'er I deceive thee . Whene'er I want to hear her speak , She sits in silence - dumb ; But when I am for quietness , She rattles like a drum . against ...
... Leave thee , leave thee ! I'll never leave thee , The stars shall gang withershins e'er I deceive thee . Whene'er I want to hear her speak , She sits in silence - dumb ; But when I am for quietness , She rattles like a drum . against ...
Page 256
... leave our victuals we abhor it , With cuffs and knocks , leave kettles , & pots , and the devil cut them for it . Heave and in sight , men heave away , in sight ' refers to the anchor from forward the boatswain's calling , Heave a turn ...
... leave our victuals we abhor it , With cuffs and knocks , leave kettles , & pots , and the devil cut them for it . Heave and in sight , men heave away , in sight ' refers to the anchor from forward the boatswain's calling , Heave a turn ...
Page 396
... leave , not forgetting to take the schoolmaster's watch with him . The farmer , exasperated at such a breach of hospitality , rode after him , accompanied by a constable . Allan finding his pursuers gaining upon him , fled to a cleft in ...
... leave , not forgetting to take the schoolmaster's watch with him . The farmer , exasperated at such a breach of hospitality , rode after him , accompanied by a constable . Allan finding his pursuers gaining upon him , fled to a cleft in ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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