Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
157. Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business; or, Private Abuses
public Grievances. Exemplified in the Pride, Insolence, and
exorbitant Wages of our Women-Servants, Footmen, &c. With a Proposal
for Amendment of the same, as also, for the clearing the Streets of
those Vermin called Shoe Cleaners, and substituting in their stead
many Thousands of industrious Poor now ready to starve. With divers
other Hints of great Use to the Public. Humbly submitted to the
Consideration of our Legislature, and the careful Perusal of all
Masters and Mistresses of Families. By Andrew Moreton, Esq. London:
printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; and sold by T. Warner,
Paternoster-row; A. Dodd, without Temple Bar; and E. Nutt, at the
Royal Exchange. 1725. 8vo. pp. 36.
158. Mere Nature Delineated; or, a Body without a Soul. Being
Observations upon 'The Young Forester,' lately brought to town from
Germany: with suitable Applications. Also a brief Dissertation upon
the Usefulness and Necessity of Fools, whether political or natural.
London: printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy, in Paternoster-row.
1726. Price 1s. 6d. 8vo. pp. 123.
159. A New Voyage round the World, by a Course never sailed before.
Being a Voyage undertaken by some Merchants, who afterwards proposed
the setting up an East India Company in Flanders. London: printed
for and sold by A. Bettesworth, at the Red Lion, in Paternoster-row;
and W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple Bar. 1725.
160. An Essay upon Literature; or, An Inquiry into the Antiquity and
Origin of Letters; proving that the Two Tables, written by the
finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world;
and that all other Alphabets derive from the Hebrew. With a short
View of the Methods made use of by the Ancients to supply the Want
of Letters before, and impose the Use of them after they were known.
London: printed for Thomas Bowles, Printseller, next to the Chapter
House, St. Paul's Church-yard; John Clark, Bookseller, under the
Piazza, Royal Exchange; and John Bowles, Printseller, over against
the Stocks Market. 1726. 8vo. pp. 127.
161. The Political History of the Devil, as well Ancient as Modern: in
two Parts. Part I. Containing a state of the Devil's Circumstances,
and the various turns of his Affairs, from his Expulsion out of
Heaven to the Creation of Man; with Remarks on the several Mistakes
concerning the Reason and Manner of his Fall. Also, his Proceedings
with Mankind ever since Adam, to the first Planting of the Christian
Religion in the World. Part II. Containing his more Private Conduct,
down to the present Time; his Government, his Appearance, his Manner
of Working, and the Tools he works with.
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