| The Complete English Tradesman Daniel Defoe Contributor(s): Benitez, Paula (Editor), Defoe, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540769372 ISBN-13: 9781540769374 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 306 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The title of this work is an index of the performance. It is a collection of useful instructions for a young tradesman. The world is grown so wise of late, or (if you will) fancy themselves so, are so opiniatre, as the French well express it, so self-wise, that I expect some will tell us beforehand they know every thing already, and want none of my instructions; and to such, indeed, these instructions are not written. Had I not, in a few years' experience, seen many young tradesmen miscarry, for want of those very cautions which are here given, I should have thought this work needless, and I am sure had never gone about to write it; but as the contrary is manifest, I thought, and think still, the world greatly wanted it... |