John Cheap, the Chapman's Library. Vol. 1: Comic and Humorous: The Scottish Chap Literature of Last Century, ClassifiedGraham, Dougal
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John Cheap, the Chapman's Library. Vol. 1: Comic and Humorous: The Scottish Chap Literature of Last Century, Classified
Graham, Dougal
Chapbooks, Scottish; English literature -- 18th century; Graham, Dougal, 1724-1779; Popular literature -- Scotland
Mansie Waugh, Tailor in Dalkeith.
Pg 4: ‘searcely could he’ replaced by ‘scarcely could he’.
Pg 7: ‘of heavenly bope’ replaced by ‘of heavenly hope’.
Pg 8: ‘spirit of industrous’ replaced by ‘spirit of industrious’.
Pg 11: ‘an houest way’ replaced by ‘an honest way’.
Pg 14: ‘au auld-fashioned’ replaced by ‘an auld-fashioned’.
Pg 15: ‘the saut saut tears’ replaced by ‘the saut tears’.
Pg 15: ‘cry Jack Robison’ replaced by ‘cry Jack Robinson’.
Pg 17: ‘The rascel had’ replaced by ‘The rascal had’.
Pg 19: ‘Are e no descended’ replaced by ‘Are ye no descended’.
Pg 19: ‘as weel as ou ain’ replaced by ‘as weel as our ain’.
Pg 22: ‘a I wonder’ replaced by ‘all. I wonder’.
Pg 23: ‘a sound aleep’ replaced by ‘a sound sleep’.
Jockey and Maggie’s Courtship.
Pg 5: ‘but foulks may’ replaced by ‘but fouks may’.
Pg 13: ‘So this distubed’ replaced by ‘So this disturbed’.
Pg 16: ‘Mith. O woman!’ replaced by ‘Mar. O woman!’.
Pg 19: ‘that are rouud’ replaced by ‘that are round’.
Pg 22: ‘which coucludes the’ replaced by ‘which concludes the’.
Pg 23: ‘a tims or twa’ replaced by ‘a time or twa’.
The Coalman’s Courtship.
Pg 5: ‘tell the neihbours’ replaced by ‘tell the neighbours’.
Pg 7: “the lassie I’ll” replaced by “the lassie’ll”.
History of Buckhaven: Wise Willy and Witty Eppy.
Pg 11: ‘say one one place’ replaced by ‘say one place’.
Pg 21: ‘do for naethig’ replaced by ‘do for naething’.
Pg 24: ‘before Wise Wille’ replaced by ‘before Wise Willie’.
The Dominie Deposed. Maggie Johnston’s Elegy.
Pg 6: “his ma’t-brec” replaced by “his ma’t-bree”.
Pg 23: the last word on each of the first two lines was unclear;
they have been rendered as:
Whan we were wearied at the gouff,
Then Maggy Johnston’s was our houff,
A Groat’s Worth of Fun for a Penny.
Pg 2: ‘Helm-a lee, messmate’ replaced by ‘Helm a-lee, messmate’.
Pg 6: ‘and point-to’ replaced by ‘and pointed to’.
Pg 6: ‘Military Monœuvre’ replaced by ‘Military Manœuvre’.
Pg 17: ‘gone to’ replaced by ‘gone too.’.
Pg 23: ‘he first recoverd’ replaced by ‘he first recovered’.
Pg 23: ‘ago a nawker’ replaced by ‘ago a hawker’.
The Comical Sayings of Paddy from Cork.
Pg 1: ‘FOR THE BOOKSELERS’ replaced by ‘FOR THE BOOKSELLERS’.
Pg 3: ‘Cork iu Ireland?’ replaced by ‘Cork is in Ireland?‘.
Pg 4: ‘grown a a big’ replaced by ‘grown a big’.
Pg 5: ‘the hairs were not’ replaced by ‘the hares were not’.
Pg 16: ‘was a great theif’ replaced by ‘was a great thief’.
Pg 18: ‘a good safegaurd’ replaced by ‘a good safeguard’.
Pg 23: ‘blackgaurd scoundrels’ replaced by ‘blackguard scoundrels’.
Pg 24: ‘cut and castcate’ replaced by ‘cut and castrate’.
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