William Cobbett/%E2%80%98two-penny Trash%E2%80%99 - 1812-1817

Famous quotes containing the words william and/or cobbett:

    “Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!
    Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada are the horns, the head, the neck, the shins, and the hoof of the ox, and the United States are the ribs, the sirloin, the kidneys, and the rest of the body.”
    —William Cobbett (1762–1835)