"One has no notion of him [William Cobbett] as making use of a fine pen, 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, and bears hard upon the government itself. He is a kind of fourth estate in the politics of the country." - William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt: One has no notion of him [William Cobbett] as making...

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"One has no notion of him [William Cobbett] as making use of a fine pen, 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, and bears hard upon the government itself. He is a kind of fourth estate in the politics of the country." - William Hazlitt

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