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1450-1945

Listing for Author: William Cobbett

 

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1800-1849'he was receptive to the radical anticlericalism of William Cobbett, T.J. Wooler and Richard Carlile... "These books s...Joseph Mayett William CobbettPrint: Book
1800-1849'I had read in Cobbett's "Advice to Young Men" a caution not to depend upon the Muses for substantial support ... he i...John Teer William CobbettAdvice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young WPrint: Book
1800-1849Upon on of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which display their leafy banners along the quays of th...Charles Manby Smith William CobbettA French Grammar, Or plain Instructions for the LePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849
'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, ...Samuel Bamford William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Book
1800-1849'C[oleridge] consulted ... [the Weekly Political Register] while working on the Friend ... 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge William CobbettWeekly Political Register, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working ...Lennox Kerr William CobbettA Grammar of the English Language in a Series of LettersPrint: Book
1800-1849Read the last Nos of Cobbett to the 24th Feb he has no compassion for Lord Liverpool; The Elegy on Bric is as ludicruo...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Cobbett tells a very plausible tale of being deceived by the man who was to have been his surety...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849I just peeped into Cobbett last night but had not time to read much I looked over the Dialogue between the King and th...Robert Sharp William CobbettThe Political RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Cobbett thinks that Mr Canning would not have pressed on the Corn Bill in the manner it is, if he had not been threate...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I see Cobbett has been calling the toll collectors to account...'Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Mr Sykes will not take any more of Cobbett's registers for the abuse heaped on Mr Canning and for the observations ma...Richard Sykes William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Re[ceived] a parcel from WM this night by the carrier, containing two of Cobbett's & a court calendar, I am glad to h...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Recd this morning a small parcel from WM I think Cobbett's greatest antipathy at present...'Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Recd a parcel from William... [Cobbett] seems to bear it admirably for he says it was a triumph...'Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'A customer of Old Willy's in the Leather and nail line, telling us he had heard Cobbett's register read lately, where...[A customer of Old Willy's in the Leather and nail line] anon William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Cobbett is quite entertaining in his Rural Rides, he indeed excels in rural descriptions; he sees as well as all may ...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have read all the Rural Rides of Cobbett he is very excellent at description, he has just opened on the Greek Patri...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Cobbett on the Corn laws is almost above himself it is the best exposition I ever saw of the frantic cry of the Agric...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Recd a parcel from WM last night, containing new cravats. Cobbett is most fierce on Mr Hume, but what good will he do...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Last night I sat down to read Cobbett, and very cold it was, but I was left by myself at the fire-side; I never have ...Robert Sharp William CobbettThe Political RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Cobbett has rubbed down Sir Francis pretty roughly, it appears that when self interest is contrasted with Patriotism ...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'While Cobbett has been at the Crown & Anchor amongst [the] Philistines they would not suffer him to speak...'Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849"And now, for the first time in his life, he met with plenty of books, reading all that came in his way, from 'Lloyd's...Gerald Massey William CobbettWorksPrint: Book
1800-1849'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first becam acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one eve...Group of 'Radical Reformers', who regularly met in LeedsWilliam CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Upon one of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which displayed their leafy barrens along the quays o...Charles Manby Smith William Cobbett[French Grammar]Print: Book
1800-1849?A publication of a different description also fell in my way. Mr Hale was a reader of "Cobbett?s Weekly Register", an...Samuel Bamford William CobbettCobbett's Weekly RegisterPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listen...Samuel Bamford William CobbettWeekly RegisterPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849?His [James Watson?s] mother, who was left a widow soon after he was born, obtained a situation at the parsonage, wher...James Watson William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849?[James Watson?s] mother, who was left a widow soon after he was born, obtained a situation at the parsonage, where sh...Mrs Watson William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Now, however, they [workmen] clubbed their pence to pay for a newspaper, and selected the "Weekly Political Register"...Thomas Carter, tailors, journeymen and apprentices at workshopWilliam CobbettWeekly Political RegisterPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Now, however, they [workmen] clubbed their pence to pay for a newspaper, and selected the "Weekly Political Register"...Thomas Carter William CobbettWeekly Political RegisterPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Thus I became their [workmates] news-purveyor, ie. I every morning gave them an account of what I had just been readi...Thomas Carter William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849?A publication of a different description also fell in my way. Mr Hale was a reader of "Cobbett?s Weekly Register", an...Samuel Bamford William Cobbett[writings]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'During this winter I fell into Company with some men in my journeys to and from my work that were of a Deistical prin...Joseph Mayett William Cobbett[various titles]Print: Book
1800-1849'In early life, I have said, my attention was turned to politics. My first impressions were for universality. "Cobbett...Christopher Thomson William CobbettCobbett's political registerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefor...James Glass Bertram William CobbettAdvice to young menPrint: Book
1800-1849'Nearly the whole time from breakfast till Mr Legge's coming down, employed in reading Cobbett. More thoroughly wicked...William Windham William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Read papers, and last number but one of Cob. A little in the Milton. Licence for universal printing: and in Thucydides.'William Windham William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 19th. [...] Learn an Italian dialogue [...] Read three of Cobbett's Registers. In one of these he men...Claire Clairmont William CobbettCobbett's Weekly Political RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Saturday March 13. Read Cobbett, which is a strange book to read with one's head full of the ruins of Rome.'Claire Clairmont William Cobbett[?] Rural RidesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday March 14th. Read Cobbett'.Claire Clairmont William Cobbett[?] Rural RidesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday June 10th. set out from Rome to Livorno [...] Arrive at Livorno Aquila Nera Thursday 17th. [June]. Stay the...Claire Clairmont William CobbettA Year's Residence in the United States of AmericaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Graham, the maker of this hat, is a poor but industrious woman, about five-and-thirty years of age, resident with...Mrs Graham William CobbettCottage Economy: A New EditionPrint: BookManuscript: Letter

 

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