Chapter I: Front Matter

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WILLIAM COBBETT.

A BIOGRAPHY.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.

WILLIAM COBBETT:

_A BIOGRAPHY_.

BY EDWARD SMITH.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.

1878.

[_All rights reserved._]

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER XIV.

1805-1806.

“I NEVER SAT MYSELF DOWN ANYWHERE, WITHOUT MAKING THE FRUITS
AND FLOWERS TO GROW” 1

CHAPTER XV.

1806-1807.

“I DID DESTROY THEIR POWER TO ROB US ANY LONGER WITHOUT THE
ROBBERY BEING PERCEIVED” 24

CHAPTER XVI.

1807-1809.

“THEY NATURALLY HATE ME” 45

CHAPTER XVII.

1808-1809.

“THE OUTCRY AGAINST ME IS LOUDER THAN EVER” 63

CHAPTER XVIII.

1809-1810.

“COMPARED WITH DEFEATING ME, DEFEATING BUONAPARTE IS A MERE
TRIFLE” 88

CHAPTER XIX.

1810.

“THE FOLLY, COMMON TO ALL TYRANTS, IS THAT THEY PUSH THINGS
TOO FAR” 114

CHAPTER XX.

1810-1812.

“TO PUT A MAN IN PRISON FOR A YEAR OR TWO DOES NOT KILL HIM” 127

CHAPTER XXI.

1812-1816.

“THE NATION NEVER CAN BE ITSELF AGAIN WITHOUT A REFORM” 149

CHAPTER XXII.

1816-1817.

“BETWEEN SILENCE AND A DUNGEON LAY MY ONLY CHOICE” 173

CHAPTER XXIII.

1817-1821.

“WHATEVER OTHER FAULTS I MAY HAVE, THAT OF LETTING GO MY
HOLD IS NOT ONE” 198

CHAPTER XXIV.

1821-1826.

“THEY COMPLAIN THAT THE TWOPENNY TRASH IS READ” 229

CHAPTER XXV.

1821-1831.

“I HAVE PLEADED THE CAUSE OF THE WORKING-PEOPLE, AND I SHALL
NOW SEE THAT CAUSE TRIUMPH” 249

CHAPTER XXVI.

1832-1835.

“I NOW BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF OLDHAM” 275

CHAPTER XXVII.

1835.

“I HAVE BEEN THE GREAT ENLIGHTENER OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND” 291

APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF WILLIAM COBBETT’S
PUBLICATIONS 305

INDEX 321

WILLIAM COBBETT: A BIOGRAPHY.