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finance, public2
jacobite rebellion, 17152
debts, public1
dissenters, religious1
great britain1
punishment1
representative government and representation1
standing army1
tories, english1

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Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)11
Defoe, Daniel3
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-17512
Baker, J1
Baker, J (1711-)1
Bates, Thomas1
Bolingbroke, Henry St John Viscount (1678-1751)1
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John1
Compagnie Des Indes1
Defoe, Daniel, 1660 Or 1-17311

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An argument shewing that a standing army with consent of Parliament, is not inconsistent with a free government, &c

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

1698

A reply to John Trenchard's pamphlet, 'An argument, shewing that a standing army is inconsistent with a free government', 1697. Defoe had written an earlier reply the same year, 'Some reflections on a...

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The chimera, or, The French way of paying national debts laid open : being an impartial account of the proceedings in France for raising a paper credit and settling the Mississipi stock

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

1720

First edition. Pagination irregular. Anonymous. Attributed to Daniel Defoe. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

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Some considerations on a law for triennial parliaments : With an enquiry, I. Whether there may not be a time when it is necessary to suspend the execution, even of such laws as are most essential to the liberties of the people? II. Whether this is such a time or no?

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731); Baker, J (fl. 1709-1711); Warner, Thomas (1734)

1716

Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe -- ESTC. With reference to 6 & 7 Will. & Mar.c.2. - ESTC. One of two variants: this one has on p. 4, line 2: "every well Government". The other has: "every well order'd"...

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The Trade with France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal considered : with some observations on the treaty of commerce between Great Britain and France

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

1713

Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. Cf. Goldsmiths' Lib. cat.

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An enquiry into the occasional conformity of Dissenters in cases of preferment : with a preface to the Lord Mayor, occasioned by his carrying the sword to a conventicle

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

Printed Anno Dom. 1697 [i.e. 1698]

First edition. The Preface is signed 'One, two, three, four'. Signatures: [A]-D⁴, E². Attributed to Daniel Defoe (see Moore).

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An essay upon projects

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

1697

First edition. Preface signed: D.F. Anon., by Daniel Defoe.

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A secret history of one year

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731); Walpole, Robert Earl of Orford (1676-1745)

1714

First edition. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Boyer, Lee, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions. Attributed to Robert Walpole by W...

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A seasonable expostulation with, and friendly reproof unto, James Butler, who by the men of this world, is stil'd Duke of O-------d, relating to the tumults of the people

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)

1715

The author of 'A friendly epistle from one of the people called Quakers, to Thomas Bradbury' = Daniel Defoe. Indexed in: ESTC, N21495

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The British blood-hounds; or a chase after the state run-a-ways, a fable, with a true copy of the Pretender's last will

[1715]

A dialogue between "Citizen" and "Forrester". It does not contain the Pretender's will.

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A compleat history of the late rebellion

1716

On the Jacobite rising of 1715. Pp.161-166 omitted in pagination but text and register are continuous.

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An appeal to all subjects, touching the measures of punishing state-criminals : With all the objections answer'd; and a remedy to popular errors. By a divine of the Church of England

1706

With a final page of advertisements. Anonymous: a pamphlet arguing for just punishment for supporters of the Old Pretender. On t.p.: 1706; but work refers to events of 1715.

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