William Cobbett (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

G. K. Chesterton

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ISBN 10: 0267441991 ISBN 13: 9780267441990

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from William Cobbett

In one sense, of course, Cobbett has never been neglected. He has only been admired in the way in which he would have specially hated to be admired. He who was full of his subject has been valued only for his style. He who was so stuffed with matter has been admired for his manner; though not perhaps for his manners. He shouted to the uproarious many, and his voice in a faint whisper has reached the refined few; who delicately applauded a turn of diction or a flight of syntax. But if such applause be rather.

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