The footman's friendly advice to his brethren of the livery : and to all servants in general: under the following heads, viz. honesty, carefulness, obedience... &c. to which is prefix'd, an introduction, humbly submitted to the consideration of all noblemen, gentlemen, and ladies, who keep many servants. Also a postscript, in answer to Squire Moreton's pamphlet, intituled, Every body's business, is no body's
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Title: The footman's friendly advice to his brethren of the livery : and to all servants in general: under the following heads, viz. honesty, carefulness, obedience... &c. to which is prefix'd, an introduction, humbly submitted to the consideration of all noblemen, gentlemen, and ladies, who keep many servants. Also a postscript, in answer to Squire Moreton's pamphlet, intituled, Every body's business, is no body's
Other titles: Servitude
Classmark: BC Lt/DOD
Creator(s): Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)
Additional creator(s): Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731) (Other)
Related people: Defoe, Daniel
Publisher: Printed for T. Worrall
Publication city: London
Date(s): [1730]
Language: English
Size and medium: [1], 1-5, 7-32, [2] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/276555
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000382169705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
'Every body's business' was written by Defoe under the pseudonym of Andrew Moreton; the Introduction and Postscript are attributed to him (see Strauss 'Robert Dodsley', pp.21-3).
Last two (unnumbered) pages contain publisher's advertisements.
Reissue of: 'Servitude', with new title-page, (1729); cf. Foxon.
Indexed in: Foxon D389.
Additional description
Part of author's initials, etc., washed away on title-page. Publisher's booklist misbound following title
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