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

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    Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
    If you listen to popular rumour;
    From morning to night he’s so joyous and bright,
    And he bubbles with wit and good humour!
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous.
    —William Cobbett (1762–1835)