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 131
... merry ploughmen ' . Note that success is due to corruption , cheating and robbing one's employer , and purchasing elections . Certain it is that the stature of politicians has improved little over a period of two hundred years . A ...
... merry ploughmen ' . Note that success is due to corruption , cheating and robbing one's employer , and purchasing elections . Certain it is that the stature of politicians has improved little over a period of two hundred years . A ...
Page 194
... Merry Muses of Caledonia . The verb ' wap ' means to thrust , cast , flap , shake , strike , force one's way in and to wrestle ; the noun has the various senses of a swipe , toss , sudden storm , thump , shot , wrestling match ...
... Merry Muses of Caledonia . The verb ' wap ' means to thrust , cast , flap , shake , strike , force one's way in and to wrestle ; the noun has the various senses of a swipe , toss , sudden storm , thump , shot , wrestling match ...
Page 221
... merry chime , Smack go the lips of each pretty rogue . Lilt up the pipes , let the chaunter sound , Dearly we doat on the merry note , Gig with the whisky goes briskly round , Drinking long life to the petticoat . Sweet are smiles from ...
... merry chime , Smack go the lips of each pretty rogue . Lilt up the pipes , let the chaunter sound , Dearly we doat on the merry note , Gig with the whisky goes briskly round , Drinking long life to the petticoat . Sweet are smiles from ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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