 PEOPLE have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett as they have of Cribb. His blows are as hard, and he himself is as impenetrable. One has no notion of him as making use of a fine pen, but a great mutton-fist; his style stuns his readers, and he 'filips...  The Life of William Cobbett - Seite 185von William Cobbett - 1835 - 216 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1902 - 808 Seiten
...classes. — JEFFREY, FRANCIS LORD, 1823, Cobbett's Cottage Economy, Edinburgh Review, vol. 38, p. 105. People have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett as they have of'Cribb. His blows are as hard,andhe himself is as impenetrable. One has no notion of him as making... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 456 Seiten
...one of the Apostles in the Cartoons of Raphael. He deserves to be added to the Twelve!1 MR. COBBETT. PEOPLE have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett...impenetrable. One has no notion of him as making use of a fine penj1 But a great mutton-fist ; his style stuns his readers, and he ' fillips the ear of the public... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 464 Seiten
...of the Apostles in the Cartoons of Raphael. He deserves to be added to the Twelve ! 1 MR. COBBETT. PEOPLE have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett...hard, and he himself is as impenetrable. One has no not ion of him as making use of a fine pen, but a great mutton-fist ;/his style stuns his readers,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 850 Seiten
...classes. — JEFFREY, FRANCIS LORD, 1823, Cobbett's Cottage Economy, Edinburgh Review, vol. 38, p. 105. People have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett...the public with a three-man beetle. " . . . He is one of those writers who can never tire us — not even of himself ; and the reason is, he is always... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1920 - 544 Seiten
...sleep, and a book ; these are all I at present ask ; the Ultima Thule of my wandering desires.' — ' People have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett...blows are as hard, and he himself is as impenetrable.' — ' Footmen are no part of Christianity.' Hazlitt sees to it that he does not lose the advantage... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1920 - 502 Seiten
...Ultima Thule of my wandering desires.' —' People have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett aa they have of Cribb. His blows are as hard, and he himself is as impenetrable.' —' Footmen are no part of Christianity.' Hazlitt sees to it that he does not lose the advantage which... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1924 - 500 Seiten
...sleep, and a book ; these are all I at present ask ; the Ultima Thule of my wandering desires.' — ' People have about as substantial an idea of Cobbett...blows are as hard, and he himself is as impenetrable.' — ' Footmen are no part of Christianity.' Hazlitt sees to it that he does not lose the advantage... | |
 | William Safire - 2008 - 888 Seiten
...and often in trouble for libel both in England and America. Hazlitt wrote of this early media giant: "One has no notion of him as making use of a fine...but a great mutton-fist; his style stuns his readers . . . He is too much for any single newspaper antagonist; 'lays waste' a city orator or Member of Parliament,... | |
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