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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.


                                                                  PAGE

                             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




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