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Chap-books of the eighteenth century (1882)

Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 362

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1. The engraving to that edition is exactly similar to theChap-book frontispiece. As the frontispiece to the Aldermary edition (from whichthe subjoined illustrations are taken) is almost similar to TheLife and Death of Shefifery Morgan, one from a NewcastleChap-book of about the same age has been… … 34^ Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century. Had not a shepherd been hur friend,And helpd hur quickly out,Hur surely then had had an end,Hur makes no other doubt. Hungry and weary, he arrived at an alehouse, where thehostess gave him rotten eggs, which he cast in her face, andfled. Seeing an apple…

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