Research Catalog

Title

The great law of subordination consider'd [electronic resource] : or, the insolence and unsufferable behaviour of servants in England duly enquir'd into. Illustrated With a great Variety of Examples, Historical Cases, and Remarkable Stories of the Behaviour of some particular Servants, suited to all the several Arguments made use of, as they go on. In ten familiar letters. Together with a Conclusion, being an earnest and moving Remonstrance to the House-Keepers and Heads of Families in Great-Britain, pressing them not to cease using their utmost Interest (especially at this Juncture) to obtain sufficient Laws for the effectual Regulation of the Manners and Behaviour of their Servants. As also a proposal, containing such heads or constitutions, as wou'd effectually answer this great end, and bring servants of every class to a just (and yet not a grievous) regulation.

Author

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Publication

London : sold by S. Harding, at the Post-House, in St. Martin's-Lane ; W. Lewis, in Covent-Garden ; T. Worrall, at the Judge's-Head, against St. Dunstan's-Church, Fleet-Street ; A. Bettesworth, in Pater-Noster-Row ; W. Meadows, in Cornhill ; and T. Edlin, at the Prince's-Arms, against Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, [1724]

Details

Additional Authors

Gale (Firm)

Description

[2],ii.302,[2]p.; 8⁰.

Uniform Title

Eighteenth century collections online.

Subject

• Domestics > Great Britain
• Labor and laboring classes > Great Britain
• Great Britain > Social life and customs

Note

• Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe.
• With a final leaf of advertisements.
• Later issued as 'The behaviour of servants in England .. '.
• Price from imprint: Price Three Shillings Sixpence.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• Moore
• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642666397
• T70340

Author

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Title

The great law of subordination consider'd [electronic resource] : or, the insolence and unsufferable behaviour of servants in England duly enquir'd into. Illustrated With a great Variety of Examples, Historical Cases, and Remarkable Stories of the Behaviour of some particular Servants, suited to all the several Arguments made use of, as they go on. In ten familiar letters. Together with a Conclusion, being an earnest and moving Remonstrance to the House-Keepers and Heads of Families in Great-Britain, pressing them not to cease using their utmost Interest (especially at this Juncture) to obtain sufficient Laws for the effectual Regulation of the Manners and Behaviour of their Servants. As also a proposal, containing such heads or constitutions, as wou'd effectually answer this great end, and bring servants of every class to a just (and yet not a grievous) regulation.

Imprint

London : sold by S. Harding, at the Post-House, in St. Martin's-Lane ; W. Lewis, in Covent-Garden ; T. Worrall, at the Judge's-Head, against St. Dunstan's-Church, Fleet-Street ; A. Bettesworth, in Pater-Noster-Row ; W. Meadows, in Cornhill ; and T. Edlin, at the Prince's-Arms, against Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, [1724]

Series

Eighteenth century collections online.

Indexed In:

Moore, 457

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T70340.

Connect to:

Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Gale (Firm)