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""Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business"" is a satirical work by Daniel Defoe, originally published in 1725. The book is a commentary on the state of society in England at the time, particularly on the issue of personal responsibility and the tendency of people to avoid taking... Read Full Overview

This is a proverb so common in everybody's mouth, that I wonder nobody has yet thought it worth while to draw proper inferences from it, and expose those little abuses, which, though they seem trifling, and as it were scarce worth consideration, yet, by insensible degrees, they... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

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This is a proverb so common in everybody's mouth, that I wonder nobody has yet thought it worth while to draw proper inferences from it, and expose those little abuses, which, though they seem trifling, and as it were scarce worth consideration, yet, by insensible degrees, they... Read Full Overview

""Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business"" is a satirical essay written by the famous English author, Daniel Defoe. The essay was first published in 1725 and is a scathing critique of the society and culture of the time. Defoe argues that people are too concerned with the... Read Full Overview

Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business: Or, Private Abuses, Public Grievances Exemplified is a 1725 pamphlet by Daniel Defoe. It deals with the high salary of servants. Similarly to The Protestant Monastery (1726), Parochial Tyranny (1727), Augusta Triumphans (1728) and Second... Read Full Overview

Since this little book appeared in print, it has had no less than three answers, and fresh attacks are daily ex-pected from the powers of Grub-street; but should three-score antagonists more arise, unless they say more to the purpose than the forementioned, they shall not tempt... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview