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 153
... pass through each lodge with a pass - word and sign . lynx Chorus In the evening tuned harping So sweetly did play 153 The Masons.
... pass through each lodge with a pass - word and sign . lynx Chorus In the evening tuned harping So sweetly did play 153 The Masons.
Page 340
... pass which divides the Ochil from the Grampian Hills , so that the English forces , when ready to pass the Forth by the bridge at Stirling , were astonished to see the Scottish army drawn up on a rising ground near the Abbey of ...
... pass which divides the Ochil from the Grampian Hills , so that the English forces , when ready to pass the Forth by the bridge at Stirling , were astonished to see the Scottish army drawn up on a rising ground near the Abbey of ...
Page 355
... pass them as ye'd pass a brock ; Yes , if rotten breaths e're come abroad . At Maids they ne'er need shake their nod , Waes me ! They'll live a bachelor's life , And never , never , get a wife !! And speak , if spar'd to new years ...
... pass them as ye'd pass a brock ; Yes , if rotten breaths e're come abroad . At Maids they ne'er need shake their nod , Waes me ! They'll live a bachelor's life , And never , never , get a wife !! And speak , if spar'd to new years ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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