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Susanna Centlivre. The Busie Body
The Busie Body
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As it is Acted at the
THEATRE-ROYAL
IN. DRURY-LANE,
By Her Majesty's Servants
Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre
LONDON, Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys between the Two Temple-Gates in Fleet-street. TO THE. RIGHT HONOURABLE. JOHN Lord SOMMERS,
Lord-President of Her Hajesty's most. Honourable Privy-Council
PROLOGUE
By the Author of Tunbridge-Walks
EPILOGUE
Dramatis Personæ
MEN
WOMEN
THE
BUSIE BODY
The Editors of THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
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Susanna Centlivre
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Cha. Ha, ha, ha, never consult the Stars about that; Gold has a Power beyond them; Gold unlocks the Midnight Councils; Gold out-does the Wind, becalms the Ship, or fills her Sails; Gold is omnipotent below; it makes whole Armies fight, or fly; It buys even Souls, and bribes the Wretches to betray their Country: Then what can thy Business be, that Gold won't serve thee in?
