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
... soon will melt at the beam of her eyes , And be brisk as quicksilver when she finds him in bed , Though all the day long he's a dealer in lead , And be , & c . In The Last Dying Speech and Travels of William Walker , printed by J ...
... soon will melt at the beam of her eyes , And be brisk as quicksilver when she finds him in bed , Though all the day long he's a dealer in lead , And be , & c . In The Last Dying Speech and Travels of William Walker , printed by J ...
Page 348
... soon dis- covered that the blood proceeded from a wound in my tongue , which I supposed I had bitten in my fall . Looking at my watch , it was ten minutes past four ; and getting up . I surveyed my limbs , and , to my inexpressible joy ...
... soon dis- covered that the blood proceeded from a wound in my tongue , which I supposed I had bitten in my fall . Looking at my watch , it was ten minutes past four ; and getting up . I surveyed my limbs , and , to my inexpressible joy ...
Page 409
... soon filled the empty panniers with old iron . He then slipped off , and she knocked at the house - door . When admitted , she told the dealer that she had good luck , and would sell the whole by [ the ] lump , if he would be generous ...
... soon filled the empty panniers with old iron . He then slipped off , and she knocked at the house - door . When admitted , she told the dealer that she had good luck , and would sell the whole by [ the ] lump , if he would be generous ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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