The Humorous Chap-books of Scotland, الجزء 1H.L. Hinton, 1873 - 288 من الصفحات |
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amusement auld ballads Bishop of Arles burgh cal remarks.-Lothian Tom's Carrier."-The CHAP-BOOKS OF SCOTLAND Charles Nisard Cheap the Chapman Church Coalman's Courtship coarse Dauvit Dougal Graham Edin Edinburgh embarrasseraient bien exploits.-Critical remarks fair Falkirk's Carriches."-Critical remarks.-Immorality flying stationers gens aujourd'hui George Buchanan Glasgow Grand Solemnity Highlands History of Buchaven HUMOROUS CHAP-BOOKS Janet Clinker's Orations Jockie and Maggie's John Cheap John Falkirk's John Falkirk's Carriches."-Critical John Falkirk's Jokes Kirk Session land Leper the Tailor literature of France literature of Scotland Lothian Maggie Maggie's Courtship mother Motherwell mutchkin narratives night One-sided administra Paddy from Cork Paisley peddlers penny histories pensent vous embarrasser poor remarks.-Lothian Tom's English Robin Hood Sawny Scottish Simple John Sir Walter Scott songs Tailor's Funeral tion.-John Franky Tom Long totype.-Brief notice Twelve Misfortunes Tyranny Uncle Rabby value of chap-books William Motherwell Willie and Witty Wise Willie witches Witty Eppy
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الصفحة 51 - ... overwhelmed with calamity and misfortune, had the heads of the house chanced to marry in May. Two magpies on the roof of a dwelling-house were ominous of a funeral in one county and of a wedding in another : a hare hirpling before a youth as he was on the way to his love, during the twilight, has made him pale, and induced him to break his tryste ; while a shower of rain, on a bridal procession has gone nearer to snatch the bride from the bridegroom's arms than all the address and cunning of...
الصفحة 31 - Dumblaine, who happened to be very useful to us that day : for I was not three miles gone from Castle Drummond, when the axletree of my fore wheels broke in two, in the midst of the hill, betwixt Drummond and the Bridge of Erdoch, and we were forced to sit in the hill with a boisterous day till chamberlain Drummond was so kind as to go down to...
الصفحة 26 - ... at the door. The whole land raised and uneven, and full of stones,, many of them very large, of a hard iron, quality, and all the ridges crooked in shape of an S, and very high and full of noxious weeds, and poor, being worn out by culture, without proper manure or tillage.
الصفحة 25 - I was allowed, 1716, though then very young, to begin to enclose, and plant, and provide, and prepare nurseries. At that time, there was not one acre upon the whole...
الصفحة 30 - ... girls were forced to go on bare horses behind footmen, and I was obliged to ride myself, though I was very tender and the day very cold. I came with that equipage to Ruthven late at night, and my chariot was pulled there by...
الصفحة 30 - I went there, and stayed a night, and got my chariot very well mended by a good wright and good smith. I thought then I was pretty secure till I came to this place. I was...
الصفحة 26 - ... money. The house was an old castle, with battlements, and six different roofs, of various heights and directions, confusedly and inconveniently combined, and all rotten ; with two wings, more modern, of two stories only ; the half of...
الصفحة 109 - French school of historical scholars, at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
الصفحة 29 - I parted with him, because he declared that my chariot would go safe enough to London ; but I was not eight miles from the place, when, on the plain road, the axletree of the...
الصفحة 31 - Strath, and bring Wrights, and carts, and smiths to our assistance, who dragged us to the plain, where we were forced to stay five or six hours till there was a new axle-tree made, so that it was dark night before we came to Dnmblain, which is but eight miles from Castle Drummond, and we were all much fatigued.