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The Changing Image of William Cobbett

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2014

Martin J. Wiener
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1974 , pp. 135 - 154
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Copyright © North American Conference of British Studies 1974

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