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 296
... Soldier The soldier's lot is such a happy one ! Military contracts and payroll may have been a source of income for garrisoned communities , but civilians had mixed feelings about the soldiers in their midst : regularly paid , violence ...
... Soldier The soldier's lot is such a happy one ! Military contracts and payroll may have been a source of income for garrisoned communities , but civilians had mixed feelings about the soldiers in their midst : regularly paid , violence ...
Page 299
... shoe - maker today , He is gone for a soldier , which grieves me full sore , And he can't pay my leather till th ' wars are all o'er . O but in came the blacksmith , whose trade's worst 299 The Soldiers When the Wars are all O'er.
... shoe - maker today , He is gone for a soldier , which grieves me full sore , And he can't pay my leather till th ' wars are all o'er . O but in came the blacksmith , whose trade's worst 299 The Soldiers When the Wars are all O'er.
Page 401
... soldiers are coming to our house ! ' Jemmy suspecting their business , snatched up a large poker , and rushed past them , as if mad with fury . His manner of leaving the house raised their suspicions , and they immediately gave chase ...
... soldiers are coming to our house ! ' Jemmy suspecting their business , snatched up a large poker , and rushed past them , as if mad with fury . His manner of leaving the house raised their suspicions , and they immediately gave chase ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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