Excerpt from Memoirs of the Late William Cobbett, Esq., M. P. For Oldham, Vol. 1 of 2: Embracing All the Interesting Events of His Memorable Life, Obtained From Private and Confidential Sources; Also, a Critical Analysis of His Scientific and Elementary Writings Bursting the bonds in which poverty had bound him, and clos ing upon him all the resources of the most humble education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.