William Cobbett: A Biography in Two Volumes, Vol. 2Smith, Edward
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William Cobbett: A Biography in Two Volumes, Vol. 2
Smith, Edward
Cobbett, William 1763-1835
3. LE TUTEUR ANGLAIS, ou Grammaire regulière de la langue anglaise,
en deux parties. Par William Cobbett. A Philadelphie: chez Thomas
Bradford, 1795, 8vo, pp. x.-340.
[This book has been reproduced many times in France and
Belgium, under the title of “Maître d’Anglais,” and has much
increased in bulk from time to time. It is still held, in those
countries, to be superior to any other book of its kind.]
4. [_Translation._] A topographical and political description of the
Spanish port of Saint Domingo, containing general observations on the
climate, population, and productions; on the character and manners
of the inhabitants; with an account of the several branches of the
government. By M[édéric] L[ouis] E[lie] Moreau-de-Saint-Méry, Member
of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, &c. Translated from
the French by William Cobbett. Philadelphia: printed and sold by the
Author, Printer, and Bookseller, No. 84, South Front Street, 1796. 2
vols. 8vo.
5. [_Appendix_ only.] The HISTORY OF JACOBINISM.… By William Playfair.
With an Appendix by Peter Porcupine, showing the close connexion which
has ever subsisted between the Jacobins at Paris and the Democrats in
the United States of America. Philadelphia, 1796. 2 vols. 8vo.
6. OBSERVATIONS ON PRIESTLEY’S EMIGRATION, to which is added, A STORY
OF A FARMER’S BULL. [_Anonymous._] Philadelphia, 1794. pp. 88.
7. A BONE TO GNAW FOR THE DEMOCRATS. By Peter Porcupine. Philadelphia,
Jan. 1795. pp. vi.-66.
8. A KICK FOR A BITE. By Peter Porcupine. Philadelphia, Feb. 1795.
9. A BONE TO GNAW FOR THE DEMOCRATS. Part 2. By Peter Porcupine.
Philadelphia, Mar. 1795. pp. vii.-66.
Sect. 1. Observations on a patriotic pamphlet, entitled
“Proceedings of the United Irishmen.”
Sect. 2. Democratic principles illustrated by example.
Sect. 3. Democratic memoirs; or an account of some recent feats
performed by the Frenchified citizens of the United States of
America.
[London Edition of [7] and [9] printed for J. Wright, opposite
Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, 1797: A Bone to Gnaw for the
Democrats. By Peter Porcupine, author of the Bloody Buoy,
&c., &c. To which is prefixed A Rod for the Backs of the
Critics; containing an historical sketch of the present state
of political criticism in Great Britain; as exemplified in the
conduct of the Monthly, Critical, and Analytical Reviews, &c.,
&c. Interspersed with Anecdotes. By Humphrey Hedgehog. 12mo.
pp. xcv.-175.]
10. A LITTLE PLAIN ENGLISH, addressed to the people of the United
States, on the Treaty, and on the conduct of the President relative
thereto, in answer to “The Letters of Franklin.” By Peter Porcupine.
Philadelphia, August, 1795. pp. viii.-102.
11. A NEW YEAR’S GIFT TO THE DEMOCRATS; or observations on a pamphlet
entitled, “A Vindication of Mr. Randolph’s Resignation.” Philadelphia,
Jan. 1796. pp. 71.
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