dialect literature 1700-1800 Cumberland Verse

dialect literature

1700-1800

Cumberland Verse

Author: Charles Graham (c.1750-1796)

Text type: Verse

Date of composition: 1778

Editions: 1778, 1793, 1849, 2010

Source text:

Graham, Charles. 1778. “A Pastoral Dialogue in the Cumberland Dialect”. Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse. Kendal: Printed by W. Pennington: 65-71.

e-text:

Access and transcription: July 2003

Format: MS Word pdf

Number of words: 1,164

Dialect represented: Cumberland

Produced by María F. García-Bermejo Giner

“A Pastoral Dialogue in the Cumberland Dialect” (1778)

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