Cobbett, William 1763-1835

Overview

Works:	2,996 works in 10,566 publications in 3 languages and 118,302 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Handbooks and manuals Biographies Poetry Portraits Trials, litigation, etc Church history Treaties Controversial literature
Subject Headings:	Politicians Reformers
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Printer, Other, Book producer, Publisher, Dubious author, Bookseller, Author in quotations or text abstracts, Author of introduction, Honoree
Classifications:	DA522.C5, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about William Cobbett

The opinions of William Cobbett by William Cobbett( )
The life of William Cobbett by G. D. H Cole( Book )
Paine and Cobbett : the transatlantic connection by David A Wilson( Book )
William Cobbett; his thought and his times by John Walter Osborne( Book )
William Cobbett by James Sambrook( Book )

The life of William Cobbett by William Cobbett( )
William Cobbett, the poor man's friend by George Spater( Book )
Law and medicine in revolutionary America : dissecting the Rush v. Cobbett trial, 1799 by Linda S Myrsiades( )
A plumb pudding for the humane, chaste, valiant, enlightened Peter Porcupine. by Mathew Carey( )
The Porcupiniad : a Hudibrastic poem : in four cantos : addressed to William Cobbett by Mathew Carey( )
Cobbett by Raymond Williams( Book )
William Cobbett by G. K Chesterton( Book )
Great Cobbett : the noblest agitator by Daniel Green( Book )
Upstart talents : rhetoric and the career of reason in English romantic discourse, 1790-1820 by James Mulvihill( )
A full and accurate report of the trial of William Cobbett, esq. (before Lord Tenterden and a special jury) on Thursday, July 7, 1831, in the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall by William Cobbett( )
The life of W. Cobbett, Esq. M.P. for Oldham by William Cobbett( )
Commerce defended : an answer to the arguments by which Mr. Spence, Mr. Cobbett, and others, have attempted to prove that commerce is not a source of national wealth by James Mill( )
The scare-crow : being an infamous letter, sent to Mr. John Oldden, threatening destruction to his house, and violence to the person of his tenant, William Cobbett ; with remarks on the same. By Peter Porcupine by William Cobbett( )
William Cobbett and rural popular culture by Ian Dyck( Book )
The life and adventures of Peter Porcupine, with a full and fair account of all his authoring transactions; being a sure and infallible guide for all enterprising young men who wish to make a fortune by writing pamphlets. By Peter Porcupine himself by William Cobbett( )

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Most widely held works by William Cobbett

Observations on the emigration of Dr. Joseph Priestley, and on the several addresses delivered to him, on his arrival at New-York : with additions, containing many curious and interesting facts on the subject, not known here, when the first edition was published : together with A comprehensive story of a farmer's bull by William Cobbett( )

102 editions published between 1794 and 1798 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,578 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Advice to young men and (incidentally) to young women in the middle & higher ranks of life : in a series of letters addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, a citizen, or a subject by William Cobbett( Book )

142 editions published between 1829 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,474 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rural rides by William Cobbett( Book )

130 editions published between 1853 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A year's residence in the United States of America: treating of the face of the country, the climate, the soil, the products, the mode of cultivating the land, the prices of land, of labour, of food, of raiment; of the expenses of housekeeping, and of the usual manner of living; of the manners and customs of the people; and of the institutions of the country, civil, political, and religious by William Cobbett( Book )

46 editions published between 1818 and 1965 in English and held by 1,308 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Mr. Hulme's journal, made during a tour in the western countries of America, in which tour he visited Mr. Birkbeck's settlement. Mr. Cobbett's letters to Mr. Birkbeck, remonstrating ... on the numerous delusions, contained in his ... "Notes on a journey in America" and "Letters from Illinois": pt. 3 (p. [247]-344.)

A bone to gnaw, for the Democrats : or, Observations on a pamphlet, entitled, "The political progress of Britain." by William Cobbett( )

96 editions published between 1795 and 1983 in English and held by 1,237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the Protestant reformation in England and Ireland by William Cobbett( Book )

157 editions published between 1800 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,225 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Democratic principles illustrated by example : part the first by William Cobbett( )

56 editions published in 1798 in English and held by 1,125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry, and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family ... by William Cobbett( )

66 editions published between 1822 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,033 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life of Andrew Jackson, president of the United States of America by William Cobbett( )

36 editions published between 1834 and 2012 in English and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The political censor, or Monthly review of the most interesting political occurrences, relative to the United States of America by William Cobbett( )

58 editions published in 1796 in English and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Paper against gold; or, The history and mystery of the Bank of England, of the debt, of the stocks, of the sinking fund, and of all the other tricks and contrivances, carried on by the means of paper money by William Cobbett( )

40 editions published between 1820 and 1846 in English and Undetermined and held by 793 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A grammar of the English language : in a series of letters. Intended for the use of schools and of young persons in general ; but, more especially for the use of soldiers, sailors, apprentices and plough-boys by William Cobbett( Book )

81 editions published between 1818 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 793 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Indefatigable as a writer and reformer on rural and political questions in his native Britain, William Cobbett (1763-1835) wrote the present work during the period he spent as a farmer in the United States. Intended for young people and especially 'soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys' (Cobbett had himself been one of the latter), it provides concise and practical explanations of grammatical terms, touching on aspects of orthography, prosody, etymology and syntax. First published in December 1818 and used in English schools into the twentieth century, it is reissued here in the version printed in London in 1819. Cobbett demonstrates in a series of letters to his son the fundamental importance of good grammar and clarity of expression. To emphasise this point, he includes 'specimens of false grammar' in the writings of Samuel Johnson as well as 'errors and nonsense' in a speech given by George III

Letters on the late war between the United States and Great Britain : together with other miscellaneous writings, on the same subject by William Cobbett( Book )

36 editions published between 1815 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A little plain English : addressed to the people of the United States, on the treaty negociated with His Britannic Majesty, and on the conduct of the President relative thereto, in answer to The letters of Franklin : with a supplement containing an account of the turbulent and factious proceedings of the opposers of the treaty by William Cobbett( )

39 editions published between 1795 and 1796 in English and held by 774 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A new-year's gift to the Democrats, or, Observations on a pamphlet entitled "A vindication of Mr. Randolph's resignation" by William Cobbett( )

55 editions published between 1796 and 1798 in English and held by 754 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Porcupine's works; containing various writings and selections, exhibiting a faithful picture of the United States of America; of their government, laws, politics, and resources; of the characters of their presidents, governors, legislators, magistrates, and military men; and of the customs, manners, morals, religion, virtues and vices of the people: comprising also a complete series of historical documents and remarks, from the end of the war, in 1783, to the election of the President, in March, 1801 by William Cobbett( Book )

34 editions published between 1801 and 1970 in English and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Democratiad : a poem, in retaliation, for the "Philadelphia jockey club." : [Two lines of verse] by Lemuel Hopkins( )

54 editions published between 1795 and 1926 in English and held by 717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Democratic principles illustrated by William Cobbett( )

27 editions published in 1798 in English and held by 626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life of Thomas Paine; with a history of his literary, political, and religious career in America, France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway( Book )

23 editions published between 1892 and 2012 in English and held by 608 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister, but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. This two-volume biography of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was published in 1892, and was followed by a four-volume edition of his works, which did much to inspire a reassessment of Paine's importance in the 'age of revolutions'. Conway clearly identified with Paine's radicalism as well as his activities on both sides of the Atlantic. Volume 1 covers his early life, his arrival in America in 1774 and involvement with the cause of American independence, and the subsequent war. In 1787 he returned to Europe, where he witnessed the fall of the Bastille, and published Rights of Man. Volume 2 begins with the execution of Louis XVI, which Paine had opposed in the French Convention. Paine's subsequent career in Britain and America is then traced until his death in 1809, and Conway also considers his impact on his contemporaries, and his legacy"--Page 4 of cover, volume 1 & volume 2

The soldier's friend, or, Considerations on the late pretended augmentation of the subsistence of the private soldiers by William Cobbett( )

22 editions published between 1792 and 1793 in English and Undetermined and held by 592 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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