1792. “I HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN MY ENMITY TO EVERY SPECIES OF PUBLIC FRAUD OR ROBBERY” 56 CHAPTER IV. 1793-1794. “I LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA” 94 CHAPTER V. 1794-1795. “HEARING MY COUNTRY ATTACKED, I BECAME HER DEFENDER THROUGH THICK AND THIN” 107 CHAPTER VI. 1796-1797. “PETER PORCUPINE, AT YOUR SERVICE!” 146 CHAPTER VII. 1797-1799. “AT LAST GOT THE BETTER OF ALL DIFFIDENCE IN MY OWN CAPACITY” 180 CHAPTER VIII. 1799-1800. “WHEN I LEFT THEM I CERTAINLY DID SHAKE THE DUST OFF MY SHOES” 197 CHAPTER IX. 1794-1800. “MY FAME HAD PRECEDED ME” 231 CHAPTER X. 1800. “I RESOLVED NEVER TO BEND BEFORE THEM” 247 CHAPTER XI. 1800-1801. “I TOOK THE LEAD, IN SINGING THE PRAISES OF PITT” 267 CHAPTER XII. 1802. “THE THOUGHTS OF THE NATION ARE LIKE A CORK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN” 284 CHAPTER XIII. 1803-1805. “I SAW THINGS IN ANOTHER LIGHT” 308 WILLIAM COBBETT: A BIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER I. “I LOOKED BACK WITH PRIDE TO MY WAGGON-DRIVING GRANDFATHER.” William Cobbett was born in the parish of Farnham, in the county of Surrey, on the 9th of March, 1762. * * * * *