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
Sheridan (R. B.) succeeds Fox as M.P. for Westminster, ii. 24, 27;
other references, i. 292; ii. 28.
Sidmouth (Viscount)--_v._ Addington.
Six Acts--their purport, ii. 214.
Soldiers--anecdotes, i. 38, and _v._ Flogging.
Somerville (Alexander) quoted, ii. 44.
Spies employed by Government, ii. 196.
Sports--fishing, ii. 3;
single-stick, 4;
coursing, 21, 51;
dogs, 99.
Stuart (Lord Henry) with the English embassy at Philadelphia, i. 191;
testifies to C.’s loyalty, 306;
interchange of visits, 312; ii. 17.
Swann (James), celebrated paper-maker, an attached friend of
C.’s, ii. 98;
correspondence, 99 _et seq._
Symonds (H. D.), bookseller, in Newgate, i. 133.
_Tait’s Magazine_ quoted on C.’s reception in Scotland, ii. 281.
Talleyrand--his exile in America, i. 104;
introduces himself to C., 158.
Taylor (Miss)--case of, ii. 81.
Thelwall (John)--his “memoirs” quoted, i. 58, 85.
Thornton (William)--his proposed American language, i. 160.
Tilghman (Edward), lawyer of Philadelphia, C.’s counsel in Rush
_v._ Cobbett, i. 215, 224.
Tooke (J. Horne) quoted, ii. 29, 181.
Toryism--its narrow-minded fears, ii. 170, 196.
Twyford, co. Hants--celebrated school there, i. 312, 316.
Upcott (W.), i. 241.
Vansittart (Nicholas, 1st Lord Bexley), i. 263.
Walker (Peter), ii. 136.
Wardle (Colonel G. L.)--his exposure of the Duke of York, ii. 59, 60.
Washington (George), American President, i. 122, 126, 183, 203;
his death, 218.
Watson (Richard), surgeon, violent Reformist, ii. 175.
Webster (Noah)--his proposed improvement in orthography, i. 160.
Weld (Isaac)-his account of Philadelphia, i. 97.
Westminster politics, ii. 15, 24, 26, 59, 64.
Whiggism--its fine profession, ii. 256, 258, 271.
Whitbread (Samuel)--notice of him, ii. 39;
calumniated, 110.
White (Henry), Whig writer, ii. 227.
White (Holt), C.’s solicitor, ii. 77, 95, 113.
Wilberforce (William)--his horror of “disaffection,” ii. 38, and
of C.’s advocacy of Reform, 171.
Windham (Right Hon. William) notices C. on his return to England,
i. 251, 253;
his strong anti-Gallicanism, 255;
his new opposition party, 281;
gets up a subscription to start C.’s _Register_, 283;
defends C. in the House of Commons, 292;
testifies to his loyalty, 306;
his taste for pugilism, ii. 4;
coolness between him and C., 13;
attacks the parliamentary reporters, 109.
Wolcott (Oliver), American politician, i. 154, 182, 200, 201.
Wooler (T. J.), ii. 195, 251.
Wright (John), bookseller in Piccadilly, i. 226, 229, 241;
becomes C.’s man of business, 310;
correspondence with C., 314 _et seq._;
rupture of their friendship, ii. 143, 144;
his suit against C., 223.
Wyndham (William, Baron Grenville) i. 276, ii. 34.
Yellow-fever in Philadelphia, i. 209.
Yonge (Sir George), Secretary-at-War, i. 68.
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