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Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, merchant and spy. He is famous for his novels Robinson Crusoe (1719), Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724). He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson.
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Born 13 September 1660 · Died 24 April 1731 · Q40946
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2026· 10 entries
Waking The Red: Jermain Defoe wants to be TFC manager with Drake's help, ex-England star felt at home in Toronto
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Newcastle Eagles: Flournoy and Defoe Inducted Into Eagles Hall of Fame
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The Economic Times: In 1704, Alexander Selkirk was marooned on a Pacific island for over 4 years. 15 years later, Daniel Defoe published Robinson Crusoe, making his survival story a classic
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lewisherald.com: Carole Defoe Creasy, Petitioner vs. Gary T. Jones and wife, Debbie Jones, and their unknown heirs, if any, Defendants
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Sky Sports: Jermain Defoe: Woking claim former England and Tottenham striker didn't turn up for meeting and training before shock exit
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Debutiful: Devyn Defoe on Burnside, Lemony Snicket, and Writing the End Times
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Yahoo: Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' Turns 307: A Look at Its Enduring Legacy
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2025· 1 entry
Sterling Journal-Advocate: The fascinating life of Daniel Defoe
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2020· 4 entries
The Guardian: Beyond Daniel Defoe: the real journals of the plague year
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The Guardian: Defoe's Plague Year was written in 1722 but speaks clearly to our time
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The Guardian: A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe is our reading group book for May
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The Guardian: Beloved aunts, Defoe on plague panic and farewell to Fiona MacCarthy | Rachel Cooke
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2019· 1 entry
Strategy+Business: Daniel Defoe’s hard-earned lessons on business and life
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2012· 1 entry
“[Daniel Defoe, La vita e le avventure di Robinson Crusoe, traduzione di Lodovico Terzi, Adelphi, 2012. ISBN 978-88-459-7073-3]”
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2010· 1 entry
“[Daniel Defoe, La vita e le strane sorprendenti avventure di Robinson Crusoe, traduzione di Oriana Previtali, Rizzoli, 2010. ISBN 978-88-58-60868-5]”
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1993· 1 entry
“[Citato in Fruttero & Lucentini, Íncipit, Mondadori, 1993]”
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1965· 1 entry
“[Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, traduzione di Giuseppe Trevisani, Garzanti, Milano, 1965.]”
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1943· 3 entries
“[...] chi sia restituito al suo pensiero, è restituito a sé stesso. (1943)”
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“[...] accasciandosi sotto l'affanno si viene soltanto a raddoppiare il peso [...]. (1943)”
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“La vanità è la perfezione del fatuo. (1943)”
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1914· 1 entry
“...werdet lieber etwas anderes, sogar eine alte Jungfer, der Natur schlimmster Fluch, als euch mit einem Narren zusammenzutun." - Roxana. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Lore Krüger (1914-2009). 1. Aufl. Berlin, Weimar: Aufbau-Verlag, 1977. S. 12”
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1895· 1 entry
Sheppard handed the manuscript to the publisher Applebee from the prisoners' cart as he was taken away to be hanged
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1889· 1 entry
“Henry Morley, ed., The Earlier Life and the Chief Earlier Works of Daniel Defoe (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1889), pp. 175-218”
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1815· 1 entry
“Robinson Crusoe, written by himself [by D. Defoe - Página 465, de Daniel Defoe - publicado por Joseph Mawman, 1815”
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1731· 31 entries
Died 1731-04-24.
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“An Essay upon Publick Credit (1710).”
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“Nunca vemos el verdadero estado de nuestra condición hasta que nos lo ilustran sus contrarios, ni sabemos cómo valorar lo que disfrutamos, sino por su falta».[Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it].”
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“Reason, it is true, is DICTATOR in the Society of Mankind; from her there ought to lie no Appeal; But here we want a Pope in our Philosophy, to be the infallible Judge of what is or is not Reason.”
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“Lepiej mieć lwa na czele owiec, niż owcę na czele lwów.”
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“englischer Schriftsteller”
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“Cuando más grande es vuestra gloria, más cerca estáis de vuestra declinación.”
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“A verdadeira grandeza consiste em sermos senhores de nós mesmos.”
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“We loved the doctrine for the teacher's sake.”
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“El alma es en el cuerpo como un diamante en bruto, y debe ser pulida, o su brillo nunca aparecerá».[The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear].”
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“Tutti gli uomini sarebbero tiranni se potessero.”
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“The true greatness of life was to be master of ourselves”
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“Ciemność jest sojusznikiem tych, którzy zamierzają uciekać.”
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“The Character of the Late Dr. S. Annesly (1697).”
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“Escucho mucha gente clamando para castigar a los culpables, pero muy pocos están interesados en absolver a los inocentes».[I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent].”
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“Jest bowiem w człowieku dziwna jakaś ciekawość i chęć badania rzeczy nieznanych.”
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“Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!”
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“Vi la nube, aunque no preví la tormenta».[I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm].”
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“("'No fool, ladies, at all, no kind of fool, whether a mad fool or a sober fool, a wise fool or a silly fool; take anything but a fool; nay, be anything, be even an old maid, the worst of nature's curses, rather than take up with a fool.'" - The Life of Roxana - en.wikisource)”
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“Meu verdadeiro nome é bastante conhecido nos arquivos ou registros das prisões de Newgate e Old Bailey, e certos processos de maior ou menor importância relativos à minha conduta pessoal encontram-se ainda pendentes.”
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“The True-Born Englishman, январь 1701; перевод: И. Кутик:с.37-9 (с незначительными уточнениями)”
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“Rozum ludzi początkiem jest wszelkiej substancji.”
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“The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702).”
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“Moll Flanders - Primeira frase”
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“Hail, hieroglyphic State machine,Contrived to punish fancy in;Men that are men in thee can feel no pain,And all thy insignificance disdain!”
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“Hymn to the Pillory (1703).”
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“Next, bring some lawyers to thy bar,By innuendo they might all stand there;There let them expiate that guilt,And pay for all that blood their tongues have spilt.These are the mountebanks of state,Who by the sleight of tongues can crimes create,And dress up trifles in the robes of fate,The mastiffs of a Government,To worry and run down the innocent.”
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“El miedo al peligro es diez mil veces más aterrador que el peligro en sí mismo cuando es evidente a los ojos».[Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes].”
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“Człowiek, który potrafi mówić po łacinie, może odbyć podróż z jednego końca Polski na drugi z taką łatwością, jak gdyby urodził się w tym kraju. Mój Boże! Cóż by uczynił dżentelmen, któremu by przyszło podróżować po Anglii, a który nie znałby żadnego języka prócz łaciny (…) Nie mogę się nie użalić nad kondycją takowego podróżnika.”
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“Hoy amamos lo que mañana odiamos, hoy buscamos lo que mañana rechazamos, hoy deseamos lo que mañana tememos».[Today we love what tomorrow we hate, today we seek what tomorrow we shun, today we desire what tomorrow we fear].”
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“Nunca es demasiado tarde para ser sabio».[It is never too late to be wise].”
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1689· 1 entry
Career landmark: Participated in Lord Mayor's Show (tournament / event).
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1660· 1 entry
Born 1660-09-13.
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