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 65
... word ' folk ' was much used in Scots and had a fine ring to it , as it still does in circles which have not yet transformed it into a pejorative , which seems to have happened in England in the nineteenth century . Folk can refer to ...
... word ' folk ' was much used in Scots and had a fine ring to it , as it still does in circles which have not yet transformed it into a pejorative , which seems to have happened in England in the nineteenth century . Folk can refer to ...
Page 153
... word gave command , there descended fine showers To the eastward of Eden he formed a plan , The pride of the globe , and a lodge to make man . To the hills of Levanna the word did advance , And forth sprang tall cedars and formed a ...
... word gave command , there descended fine showers To the eastward of Eden he formed a plan , The pride of the globe , and a lodge to make man . To the hills of Levanna the word did advance , And forth sprang tall cedars and formed a ...
Page 159
... word from its second alleged root , ' canty ' , which means merry , cheerful , lively or contented , though this identification is contentious . The word houghmagandie seems to date from about 1700 , though the practice itself is ...
... word from its second alleged root , ' canty ' , which means merry , cheerful , lively or contented , though this identification is contentious . The word houghmagandie seems to date from about 1700 , though the practice itself is ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Chapmen | 41 |
The Folk in their Condition | 65 |
Copyright | |
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