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Edward E. Smith. William Cobbett
William Cobbett
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Volume 1
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CHAPTER I “I LOOKED BACK WITH PRIDE TO MY WAGGON-DRIVING GRANDFATHER.”
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CHAPTER II “WHEN I HAD THE HONOUR TO WEAR A RED COAT.”
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CHAPTER III “I HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN MY ENMITY TO EVERY SPECIES OF PUBLIC FRAUD OR ROBBERY.”
[APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III.]
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CHAPTER IV “I LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA.”
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CHAPTER V “HEARING MY COUNTRY ATTACKED, I BECAME HER DEFENDER THROUGH THICK AND THIN.”
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CHAPTER VI “PETER PORCUPINE, AT YOUR SERVICE!”
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CHAPTER VII “AT LAST GOT THE BETTER OF ALL DIFFIDENCE IN MY OWN CAPACITY.”
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CHAPTER VIII “WHEN I LEFT THEM, I CERTAINLY DID SHAKE THE DUST OFF MY SHOES.”
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CHAPTER IX “MY FAME HAD PRECEDED ME.”
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CHAPTER X “I RESOLVED NEVER TO BEND BEFORE THEM.”
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CHAPTER XI “I TOOK THE LEAD, IN SINGING THE PRAISES OF PITT.”
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CHAPTER XII “THE THOUGHTS OF THE NATION ARE LIKE A CORK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.”
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CHAPTER XIII “I SAW THINGS IN ANOTHER LIGHT.”
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Volume 2
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CHAPTER XIV “I NEVER SAT MYSELF DOWN ANYWHERE, WITHOUT MAKING THE FRUITS AND FLOWERS TO GROW.”
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CHAPTER XV “I DID DESTROY THEIR POWER TO ROB US, ANY LONGER, WITHOUT THE ROBBERY BEING PERCEIVED.”
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CHAPTER XVI “THEY NATURALLY HATE ME.”
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CHAPTER XVII “THE OUTCRY AGAINST ME IS LOUDER THAN EVER.”
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CHAPTER XVIII “COMPARED WITH DEFEATING ME, DEFEATING BUONAPARTE IS A MERE TRIFLE.”
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CHAPTER XIX “THE FOLLY, COMMON TO ALL TYRANTS, IS THAT THEY PUSH THINGS TOO FAR.”
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CHAPTER XX “TO PUT A MAN IN PRISON FOR A YEAR OR TWO DOES NOT KILL HIM.”
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CHAPTER XXI “THE NATION NEVER CAN BE ITSELF AGAIN WITHOUT A REFORM.”
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CHAPTER XXII “BETWEEN SILENCE AND A DUNGEON LAY MY ONLY CHOICE.”
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CHAPTER XXIII “WHATEVER OTHER FAULTS I MAY HAVE, THAT OF LETTING GO MY HOLD IS NOT ONE.”
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CHAPTER XXIV “THEY COMPLAIN THAT THE TWOPENNY TRASH IS READ.”
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CHAPTER XXV “I HAVE PLEADED THE CAUSE OF THE WORKING-PEOPLE, AND I SHALL NOW SEE THAT CAUSE TRIUMPH.”
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CHAPTER XXVI “I NOW BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF OLDHAM.”
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CHAPTER XXVII “I HAVE BEEN THE GREAT ENLIGHTENER OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.”[1]
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APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF WILLIAM COBBETT’S PUBLICATIONS
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Edward Smith
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“I in vain attempted to convince Captain Berkeley,[2] that choice alone had led me to the sea; he sent me on shore, and I at last quitted Portsmouth, but not before I had applied to the Port-Admiral, Evans, to get my name enrolled among those who were destined for the service. I was, in some sort, obliged to acquaint the Admiral with what had passed on board the ‘Pegasus,’ in consequence of which my request was refused, and I happily escaped, sorely against my will, from the most toilsome and perilous profession in the world.
“I returned once more to the plough, but I was spoiled for a farmer. I had, before my Portsmouth adventure, never known any other ambition than that of surpassing my brothers in the different labours of the field, but it was quite otherwise now; I sighed for a sight of the world; the little island of Britain seemed too small a compass for me. The things in which I had taken the most delight were neglected; the singing of the birds grew insipid, and even the heart-cheering cry of the hounds, after which I formerly used to fly from my work, bound o’er the fields, and dash through the brakes and coppices, was heard with the most torpid indifference. Still, however, I remained at home till the following spring, when I quitted it, perhaps for ever.
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