William Cobbett: A Study of His Life as Shown in His WritingsA. Constable, 1904 - 318 Seiten |
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... is Colonel Wardle , to face page 119 • · 8. An anticipation of Cobbett's final destruction , published in 1809 , when his trial for libel was pending , to face page 160 xi 9. Cobbett is being urged by Lord Althorp ( on.
... is Colonel Wardle , to face page 119 • · 8. An anticipation of Cobbett's final destruction , published in 1809 , when his trial for libel was pending , to face page 160 xi 9. Cobbett is being urged by Lord Althorp ( on.
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... and A Copy of the Proceedings of a general Court - Martial , held at the Horse Guards for the trial of Colonel Hugh Debbieg , 1789 . 3 Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine . After a few weeks in Nova Scotia , the regiment EARLY LIFE 19.
... and A Copy of the Proceedings of a general Court - Martial , held at the Horse Guards for the trial of Colonel Hugh Debbieg , 1789 . 3 Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine . After a few weeks in Nova Scotia , the regiment EARLY LIFE 19.
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... trial of Capt . Richard Powell , Lieut . Christopher Seton , and Lieut . John Hall on several charges preferred against them respectively by William Cobbett . ' It was distributed broadcast through England by his opponents . Cobbett ...
... trial of Capt . Richard Powell , Lieut . Christopher Seton , and Lieut . John Hall on several charges preferred against them respectively by William Cobbett . ' It was distributed broadcast through England by his opponents . Cobbett ...
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... trial of this cause took up nine hours ; the jury gave a verdict in his favour , but curtailed the damages to £ 2502 , 18s . It was rightly con- sidered that the imaginary value of the manuscript works ought not to have been included in ...
... trial of this cause took up nine hours ; the jury gave a verdict in his favour , but curtailed the damages to £ 2502 , 18s . It was rightly con- sidered that the imaginary value of the manuscript works ought not to have been included in ...
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... Federal district court in April 1798. This , however , did not satisfy the 1 Huish , Memoirs of Cobbett , i . 161-62 . 2 The italics are not Cobbett's . Spanish envoy who requested that the trial might take place 68 WILLIAM COBBETT.
... Federal district court in April 1798. This , however , did not satisfy the 1 Huish , Memoirs of Cobbett , i . 161-62 . 2 The italics are not Cobbett's . Spanish envoy who requested that the trial might take place 68 WILLIAM COBBETT.
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Seite 193 - At this time [1816] the writings of William Cobbett suddenly became of great authority. They were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing districts of South Lancashire, in those of Leicester, Derby and Nottingham ; also in many of the Scottish manufacturing towns. Their influence was speedily visible. He directed his readers to the true cause of their sufferings, misgovernment, and to its proper corrective, Parliamentary Reform. Riots soon became scarce, and from that time they have...
Seite 282 - The Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour is best served, and with the most fervent spirit, when men are not slothful in business, but do their duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call them.
Seite 230 - Lord; thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Seite 115 - Sir Simonds D'Ewes' Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, John Rushworth's Historical Collections, John Nalson's Impartial Collection, and Whitelocke's Memorials.
Seite 12 - I had learned before the death of my father and mother. There is a hill not far from the town called Crooksbury Hill, which rises up out of a flat in the form of a cone, and is planted with Scotch fir-trees.
Seite 12 - But now came rushing into my mind, all at once, my pretty little garden, my little blue smockfrock, my little nailed shoes, my pretty pigeons that I used to feed out of my hands, the last kind words and tears of my gentle and tender-hearted and affectionate mother. I hastened back into the room. If I had looked a moment longer, I should have dropped.
Seite 18 - ... and the task did not demand anything like a year of my life. I had no money to purchase candle or oil ; in winter time it was rarely that I could get any evening light but that of...
Seite 230 - Thus Saith The LORD GOD, Behold", I am against the Shepherds, and I will Require My Flock at ibcirhand, and Cause them to cease from feeding the Flock...
Seite 193 - Instead of riots and destruction of property, Hampden clubs were now established in many of our large towns, and the villages and districts around them; Cobbett's books were printed in a cheap form ; the labourers read them, and thenceforward became deliberate and systematic in their proceedings.
Seite 120 - Cobbett's) territories from the beautiful grounds of the old friend where we had been originally staying, the great squire of the place. His own house — large, high, massive, red, and square, and perched on a considerable eminence — always struck me as being not unlike its proprietor. It was filled at that time almost to overflowing. Lord Cochrane was there, then in the very height of his warlike fame, and as unlike the common notion of a warrior as could be. A gentle, quiet, mild young man,...