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 348
... thought I had broken a blood vessel , and consequently , had not long to live ; but to my great comfort , I 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 ...
... thought I had broken a blood vessel , and consequently , had not long to live ; but to my great comfort , I 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 ...
Page 371
... thought , secured his liberty , he was too easily led into another scheme with Dunbar . Haggart thought himself certain of his own liberty , but he thought it would be a grand thing to clear the jail of all the prisoners . Laurie ...
... thought , secured his liberty , he was too easily led into another scheme with Dunbar . Haggart thought himself certain of his own liberty , but he thought it would be a grand thing to clear the jail of all the prisoners . Laurie ...
Page 378
... thought of effecting his escape , and began digging the back wall , with the assistance of some others , having first secured the entrance - door to their apartment . But some of the prisoners , who did not care about joining them ...
... thought of effecting his escape , and began digging the back wall , with the assistance of some others , having first secured the entrance - door to their apartment . But some of the prisoners , who did not care about joining them ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ΙΟ | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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