J. H. Gilbey des 'Ic

The Life of WILLIAM COBBETT, - written by himself.

London. Published Sept. 29, 1809. By H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street.

3.º Plate.

arrived in safety (according to the proverb), being a Scholard, (for all the world knows that I can Read, and Write.) I was promoted to the rank of a Corporal, and soon after appointed to teach the Officers their duty, I found them all so damnably stupid, that though I took the pains to draw up my instructions on Cards, I could not with all my Caning and Kicking, drive one manual movement into their thick heads!

—NB: These Cards were so much admired by Gen. Dundas, that he made them the foundation of his New Military System.

— Vide my own Memoirs in the Political Register of 1809 —