A select collection of Scots poems chiefly in the broad Buchan dialect [ESTC T228652]
- DMI number:
- 1238
- Publication Date:
- 1789
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T228652
- Shelfmark:
- Aberdeen University Library - SBL 1789 NP 3
- Full Title:
- A | SELECT COLLECTION | OF | SCOTS POEMS, &c. | CHIEFLY IN | THE BROAD BUCHAN DIALECT. | CONTAINING, | [two columns] [column 1] Ajax' Speech to the | GRECIAN KNABBS. | ULYSSES' Answer to the Same. [/column 1] [column 2] The DOMINIE depos'd. | A SHOP BILL. | A JOURNAL from London to Portsmouth. [/column 2] | TO WHICH IS ADDED THE | FARMER'S HA' | BY A LATE STUDENT OF MARISCHAL | COLLEGE. | [ornament] | ABERDEEN: | PRINTED IN THE YEAR M,DCC,LXXXIX.
- Place of Publication:
- Aberdeen
- Genres:
- Collection of Scottish verse and Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [i-vi], [1]-80 pp [34-37 and 66-67 unpaginated]
- Bibliographic details:
- Separate title page to The Dominie Depos'd, pp. 35-55. Handwritten note on page preceding this title page.
- Comments:
- Contains prose: A Journal from London to Portsmouth (pp. [59]-65.
- First Line:
- The wight an doughty captains a
- Page No:
- pp.[1]-11
- Poem Title:
- Ajax' Speech to the Grecian Knabbs.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A grean was heard thro a the rout
- Page No:
- pp.11-33
- Poem Title:
- Ulysses' Answer To Ajax' Speech.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If this offend when you peruse
- Page No:
- p.[36]
- Poem Title:
- Preface.
- Attribution:
- By William Forbes, A.M. late | Schoolmaster at Petercoulter. [titlepage]
- Attributed To:
- William Forbes
- First Line:
- Some dominies are so biased
- Page No:
- pp.[37]-53
- Poem Title:
- The Dominie Depos'd;
- Attribution:
- By William Forbes, A. M. late School-master at Petercoulter. [titlepage]
- Attributed To:
- William Forbes
- First Line:
- Now loving friends I have you left
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- The Sequel.
- Attribution:
- By William Forbes, A. M. late School-master at Petercoulter.
- Attributed To:
- William Forbes
- First Line:
- To ilke body be it kend
- Page No:
- pp.[56]-58
- Poem Title:
- A Shop Bill.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In winter nights wha ever has seen
- Page No:
- pp.[62]-80
- Poem Title:
- The Farmer's Ha'
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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