...to Bamford: . . . the writings of William Cobbett suddenly became of great authority; they were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing...to its proper corrective — parliamentary reform. Riots soon became scarce, and from that time they have never obtained their ancient vogue with the...

...were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing districts [of England and Scotland]. Their influence was speedily visible; he directed...to its proper corrective — parliamentary reform. Riots soon became scarce" (quoted in Evans 111). Riots may have soon become scarce, but not before...

...radicals was to persuade them of this. Cobbett's achievement, according to Samuel Bamford, was that, 'He directed his readers to the true cause of their...misgovernment; and to its proper corrective - parliamentary reform.'22 Although riots aimed at an unpopular local personality (even the 151 King in London), might...

...orderly and inclusive popular polity through the influence of such leaders as Cobbett, whose Register 'directed his readers to the true cause of their sufferings...to its proper corrective - parliamentary reform'. Rioting and individualism had lost their 'ancient vogue', thought Bamford, as protest had become more...

...plundered. At this time the writings of William Cobbett suddenly became of great authority; they were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing...he directed his readers to the true cause of their suflferings - misgovernment; and to its proper corrective - parliamentary reform. Riots soon became...

...plundered. At this time the writings of William Cobbett suddenly became of great authority; they were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing...to its proper corrective — parliamentary reform. Riots soon became scarce, and from that time they have never obtained their ancient vogue with the...

...of William Cobbett suddenly became of great authority," one mill worker remembered. "They were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing...also in many of the Scottish manufacturing towns. . . . He directed his readers to the true cause of their sufferings — misgovernment; and to its proper...

...on: At this time the writings of William Cobbett suddenly became of great authority ; they were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing...to its proper corrective — parliamentary reform. Riots soon became scarce, and from that time they have never obtained their ancient vogue with the...

...of Cobbett's Register from Is. OJd. to 2d. a copy (in November 1816), which enabled it to be read " on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing districts of South Lancashire, Leicester, Derby, and Nottingham." Cobbett directed his readers to the true cause of their suffering...