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The constant lovers, or, Jemmy and Nancy of Yarmouth

Part 1. Showing how beautiful Nancy of Yarmouth fell in love with young Jemmy the sailor. - 2. How the father conveyed a letter to destroy young Jemmy, his daughter's sweetheart. - 3. Shewing how the Ghost of young Jemmy the sailor appeared to beautiful Nancy of Yarmouth. - 4. How the ghosts of these two unfortunate lovers appeared to the boatswain, and he, having his trial, was hanged at the yard's arm. Also, the bloody gardener. Likewise a brief history of the Earl of Essex, a great favourite of Queen Elizabeth; with a lamentable ballad on his death. To which is added, Daft Watty's ramble to Carlisle

Also known as Jemmy and Nancy of Yarmouth

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  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of The constant lovers, or, Jemmy and Nancy of Yarmouth (1840). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

Subjects: Scotland, Chapbooks, 1801-1900, Glasgow, Earl of,, Essex, Robert Devereux, 1566-1601

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists.

  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from national-library-of-scotland matched “ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “ghost” in the subtitle, “Ghosts” in the subtitle, “ghost” in the edition subtitle, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “ghosts”· via National Library of Scotland
    • “ghost”· in subtitle
    • “Ghosts”· in subtitle
    • “ghost”· in edition subtitle
    • “Ghosts”· in edition subtitle

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Part 1. Showing how beautiful Nancy of Yarmouth fell in love with young Jemmy the sailor. - 2. How the father conveyed a letter to destroy young Jemmy, his daughter's sweetheart. - 3. Shewing how the Ghost of young Jemmy the sailor appeared to beautiful Nancy of Yarmouth. - 4. How the ghosts of these two unfortunate lovers appeared to the boatswain, and he, having his trial, was hanged at the yard's arm. Also, the bloody gardener. Likewise a brief history of the Earl of Essex, a great favourite of Queen Elizabeth; with a lamentable ballad on his death. To which is added, Daft Watty's ramble to Carlisle

National Bibliography of Scotland record

'95' is printed at foot of title page; 16 cm; 24 p; Dated from external evidence; In prose and verse; The constant lovers; or, Tragical loves of Jemmy and Nancy of Yarmouth : Tune - The Yarmouth tragedy

[1840-1850?]Printed for the booksellersEnglish—Catalog record

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Identifiers

OCLC
National Library of Scotland
  • 9937422123804341

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national-library-of-scotland:9937422123804341
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