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 50
... never sin . He used no imprecations , But let me never cheat nor be cheated , but rather cheat , & c He gave bad counsel to none but children , to burn the bone - combs , that their mother might buy another when he came again . He never ...
... never sin . He used no imprecations , But let me never cheat nor be cheated , but rather cheat , & c He gave bad counsel to none but children , to burn the bone - combs , that their mother might buy another when he came again . He never ...
Page 244
... never conquer virtue . May virtue always prove victorious . Decent oeconomy . Frugality without meanness . May temporal concerns never break in on our spiritual duty . May power be influenced only by justice . May we never taste the ...
... never conquer virtue . May virtue always prove victorious . Decent oeconomy . Frugality without meanness . May temporal concerns never break in on our spiritual duty . May power be influenced only by justice . May we never taste the ...
Page 377
... never was before a Court in his life till then , and sure enough he was never before him . The Judge then addressed the Jury ; he said , it did not signify whether they were clear of his being guilty of the present crime , for he could ...
... never was before a Court in his life till then , and sure enough he was never before him . The Judge then addressed the Jury ; he said , it did not signify whether they were clear of his being guilty of the present crime , for he could ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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