William Cobbett

William Cobbett
William Cobbett (1763–1835) was an influential English writer, political reformer, and pamphleteer known for his outspoken criticism of corruption and injustice. He authored the famous work "Rural Rides," chronicling his observations of rural England, and was a passionate advocate for agricultural workers' rights. Cobbett also published "The Political Register," a journal that became a major voice for reform and gained a mass readership among working-class people. His views and writings were often controversial, but they played a significant role in shaping public opinion during a time of political and social change in Britain.

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INTRODUCTION. To the Labouring Classes of this Kingdom. 1. Throughout this little work, I shall number the Paragraphs, in order to be able, at some stages of the work, to refer, with the more facility, to parts that have gone before. The last Number will contain an Index, by the means of which the several matters may be turned to without loss of time; for, when economy is the subject, time is a thing... more...

INTRODUCTION 1. It is the duty, and ought to be the pleasure, of age and experience to warn and instruct youth and to come to the aid of inexperience. When sailors have discovered rocks or breakers, and have had the good luck to escape with life from amidst them, they, unless they be pirates or barbarians as well as sailors, point out the spots for the placing of buoys and of lights, in order that... more...

Fog that you might cut with a knife all the way from London to Newbury. This fog does not wet things. It is rather a smoke than a fog. There are no two things in this world; and, were it not for fear of Six-Acts (the “wholesome restraint” of which I continually feel) I might be tempted to carry my comparison further; but, certainly, there are no two things in this world so dissimilar as an English... more...