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William Cobbett

Born

in Farnham, Surrey, England

March 09, 1763

Died

June 18, 1835

Genre

History, Reference, Travel

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William Cobbett (1763-1835) was an English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist. He believed that reforming Parliament and abolishing the rotten boroughs would help to end the poverty of farm labourers, and he attacked the borough-mongers, sinecurists and "tax-eaters" relentlessly. He was also against the Corn Laws, a tax on imported grain. Early in his career, he was a loyalist supporter of King and Country: but later he joined and successfully publicised the radical movement, which led to the Reform Bill of 1832, and to his winning the parliamentary seat of Oldham. Although he was not a Catholic, he became a fiery advocate of Catholic Emancipation in Britain. Through the seeming contradictions in Cobbett's life, two things stayed constant: ...more

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	Rural Rides by William Cobbett, Ian Dyck (Editor) 3.52 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1830 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland 4.17 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1921 — 266 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cottage Economy 3.85 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1823 — 132 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Gardener by William Cobbett, Verlyn Klinkenborg (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2003 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advice To Young Men (1880) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1830 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend 4.13 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Dover To The Wen 2.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Grammar of the English Language (Oxford Language Classics Series) by William Cobbett, Hattersley (Introduction) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1983 — 152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Against Gold, or, the History and Mystery of the Bank of England 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The English Gardener 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1980 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can tell a lot about a country which refers to the Royal Mint and the National Debt.”
― William Cobbett

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“Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write.”
― William Cobbett

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“He who can deliberately inflict torture upon an animal, in order to heighten the pleasure his palate is to receive in eating it, is an abuser of the authority which God has given him, and is, indeed, a tyrant in his heart.”
― William Cobbett, Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

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