Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850Though 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 266
I'm lately return'd from the ocean , half my limbs I have lost as you see , From the Spaniards I've gain'd a large portion , now in search of some kind - hearted she . Chorus Then girls be not nice in the matter , remember and mind what ...
I'm lately return'd from the ocean , half my limbs I have lost as you see , From the Spaniards I've gain'd a large portion , now in search of some kind - hearted she . Chorus Then girls be not nice in the matter , remember and mind what ...
Page 269
To such discipline and subordination must be attributed the smallness of the number of ships then lost , compared with what now happens making every allowance for the increase of shipping . It is lamentable to think how ships are now ...
To such discipline and subordination must be attributed the smallness of the number of ships then lost , compared with what now happens making every allowance for the increase of shipping . It is lamentable to think how ships are now ...
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He frequently played with an Irish nobleman , who , being a novice in gambling , lost several small sums . One evening the nobleman entered the Billiard Room intoxicated , and offered in mad bravado to play for £ 200 .
He frequently played with an Irish nobleman , who , being a novice in gambling , lost several small sums . One evening the nobleman entered the Billiard Room intoxicated , and offered in mad bravado to play for £ 200 .
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Trades and Occupations | 130 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Folk in Print: Scotland's Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850 |
| Author | Edward J. Cowan |
| Editors | Edward J. Cowan, Michael Paterson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | John Donald, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1904607519, 9781904607519 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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