THIRTEEN SERMONS ON CRIMES OF AN ENORMOUS NATURE, AND THE CRIMES OF PUBLIC MEN. EMBRACING 1. HYPOCRISY AND CRUELTY, 2. DRUNKENNESS, 3. BRIBERY, 4. THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR, 5. UNJUST JUDGES, 6. THE SLUGGARD, 7. MURDER, 8. GAMING, 9. PUBLIC ROBBERY, 10. THE UNNATURAL MOTHER, 11. FORBIDDING MARRIAGES, 12. PARSONS AND TITHES, 13. GOOD FRIDAY. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ADDRESS TO THE WORKING PEOPLE.
Philadelphia, PA: W.A. Leary, c. 1855. Hardcover. 12mo., 6.1 in. x 4 in., pp. 288. Navy blue cloth boards with decorative frames stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title and decorative floral design to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Headcap of spine missing; shelfwear to bottom of spine. Three corners nudged and showing. Very light spotting throughout. Unmarked interior. Good. Item #87045
William Cobbett (1763 – 1835) was an English radical pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey. He was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rotten boroughs", restrain foreign activity, and raise wages, with the goal of easing poverty among farm labourers and small land holders.
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