Rural Rides Quotes

“At the dinner at Winchester we had a good number of opulent yeomen, and many gentlemen joined us after the dinner. The state of the country was well talked over; and, during the session (much more sensible than some other sessions that I have had to remark on) I made the following RUSTIC HARANGUE Gentlemen, – Though many here are, I am sure, glad to see me, I am not vain enough to suppose that any thing other than that of wishing to hear my opinions on the prospects before us can have induced many to choose to be here to dine with me to-day.”
― William Cobbett, Rural Rides

“especially if, as the Scotch would have us believe, there were but a mere handful of people in England until of late years.”
― William Cobbett, Rural Rides