Cobden

[ kob-duhn ]

noun

1. Richard, 1804–65, English manufacturer, merchant, economist, and statesman.

Cobden

/ ˈkɒbdən /

noun

1. CobdenRichard18041865MBritishSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistPOLITICS: statesman Richard. 1804–65, British economist and statesman: with John Bright a leader of the successful campaign to abolish the Corn Laws (1846)

Example Sentences

Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but like Demosthenes he mingled argument with appeal.

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Cobden had the calmness and confidence of the political philosopher, Bright had the passion and the fervour of the popular orator.

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Mr Ewart's motion was defeated, but the movement of which Cobden and Bright were the leaders continued to spread.

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Bright was not violent, and Cobden said that he did his work admirably, and won golden opinions from all men.

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In the autumn of 1845 Bright retained Cobden in the public career to which Cobden had invited him four years before.

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