The works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. in prose and verse with a memoir of the author /
by John Corry. To which is added a rendering into simple English of the dialogue of Tummus and Meary, with idioms and similes retained, and explanatory notes, etc. by Elijah Ridings.

Description

Main Author

Coller, John, 1708-1786.

Related Names

Corry, John, approximately 1770-

Language(s)

English

Published

Manchester : J. Heywood, 1862.

Subjects

Ridings, Elijah.
Collier family.
English language > English language / Dialects > English language / Dialects / England > English language / Dialects / England / Lancashire.

Note

"A view of the Lancashire dialect by way of dialogue, between Tummos o' William's, o' Margit o' Roaph's and Mearey o' Dick's, o' Tummy o'Peggy's. To which is added a glossary of the Lancashire words and phrases therein used. By T. Bobbin ... Manchester, Printed and sold by R. Whitworth [etc., etc., n.d.]" is a verbatim copy of the 1st edition, printed in 1746, with reproduction of t.-p., and with the additions which were found in the issue of 1757, inserted in brackets.

Physical Description

xxxix,534 p.incl.illus.,geneal.tab : frontispiece,plates,portraits ; 26 cm

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