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 253
... ship wants to be mann'd , And to the East Indies she is bound , With a sweet & pleasant gale , she spreads a swelling sail , Bids adieu to England's fair ground . So all you young sailors bold , pray be careful of your gold , You will ...
... ship wants to be mann'd , And to the East Indies she is bound , With a sweet & pleasant gale , she spreads a swelling sail , Bids adieu to England's fair ground . So all you young sailors bold , pray be careful of your gold , You will ...
Page 254
... ship we come , we boldly in her venture ; Such twigging then as us fresh men , they're clever fellows some say , While the buffers stand with their rattans , crying , keep out of the gangway . Then aft upon the quarter - deck we go , it ...
... ship we come , we boldly in her venture ; Such twigging then as us fresh men , they're clever fellows some say , While the buffers stand with their rattans , crying , keep out of the gangway . Then aft upon the quarter - deck we go , it ...
Page 269
... ship the first handspike and to cat the anchor , were objects contended for by the men and boys , as points of honour . To such discipline and subordination must be attributed the smallness of the number of ships then lost , compared ...
... ship the first handspike and to cat the anchor , were objects contended for by the men and boys , as points of honour . To such discipline and subordination must be attributed the smallness of the number of ships then lost , compared ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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