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
“Now, as to the present, my intention is to go to town as
soon as this job shall be safely over. Then to let the house,
and settle all about that matter. In the meanwhile, pray go
on with your preparations. I like the type very well indeed;
and, having now done with my improvements and planting (which
has been most fortunately finished) I shall set myself about
the prospectus, and shall, in short, make every preparation
for most strenuous exertions. The post of to-day is not yet
come in: it may bring me something. My present intention is to
_fill_ the next sheet with an address to the people of England,
calculated to make a deep and lasting impression upon them. I
shall endeavour to show them what has been the cause of all
their present dangers; and shall tell them that, in a future
sheet, I will endeavour to convince them that such and such are
the means of salvation. The time is most favourable for making
such an impression; and, please God, I will not let it slip.
The crisis, which I have always foreseen, is approaching, fast
approaching; and it will require all our vigilance and all our
courage to save our country, and at the same time to maintain
the throne of our beloved and gracious old king.…
“… The post is come. Thank you for your attention. The
Bulletins may be set up for another number; but I shall, if I
live and am well, _fill_ the next in the manner I tell you.
Adieu. Thank you very kindly for the hare. Watch the papers
well. Pray take care of the children. Thank you for William.
“WM. C.”
The newly projected great work is “The Parliamentary History,” which
is to contain a full report of all the recorded proceedings, from the
earliest times to 1803, when “The Debates” were commenced. A prospectus
appeared in the ensuing February. This valuable collection was
completed in sixteen volumes, and has long since been an indispensable
adjunct to a respectable library. Yet the name of its projector has,
unaccountably, become dissociated from it.
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