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    The Busy Body; A Comedy, in Five Acts
    The Busy Body; A Comedy, in Five Acts
    The Busy Body; A Comedy, in Five Acts
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    The Busy Body; A Comedy, in Five Acts

    By Susanna Centlivre

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateAug 31, 2021
    ISBN4064066367770
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      The Busy Body; A Comedy, in Five Acts - Susanna Centlivre

      Susanna Centlivre

      The Busy Body; A Comedy, in Five Acts

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066367770

      Table of Contents

      SUSANNA CENTLIVRE

      PROLOGUE.

      EPILOGUE.

      Dramatis Personæ.

      THE BUSY BODY.

      ACT I. SCENE the Park .

      ACT II.

      ACT III.

      ACT IV.

      ACT V.

      SUSANNA CENTLIVRE

      Table of Contents

      PROLOGUE.

      Table of Contents

      By the Author of Tunbridge-Walks.

      EPILOGUE.

      Table of Contents

      Dramatis Personæ.

      Table of Contents

      THE BUSY BODY.

      Table of Contents

      ACT I. SCENE the Park.

      Table of Contents

      Sir George Airy meeting Charles.

      Cha. Ha! Sir George Airy! A Birding thus early! What forbidden Game rous'd you so soon? For no lawful Occasion cou'd invite a Person of your Figure abroad at such unfashionable Hours.

      Sir Geo. There are some Men, Charles, whom Fortune has left free from Inquietude, who are diligently studious to find out Ways and Means to make themselves uneasy.

      Cha. Is it possible that any thing in Nature can ruffle the Temper of a Man, whom the four Seasons of the Year compliment with as many Thousand Pounds; nay, and a Father at rest with his Ancestors?

      Sir Geo. Why there 'tis now! a Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it; but my Affairs are in such a whimsical Posture, that it will require a Calculation of my Nativity to find if my Gold will relieve me, or not.

      Cha. Ha, ha, ha! never consult the Stars about that; Gold has a Power beyond them; Gold unlocks the Midnight Councils; Gold outdoes 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 the

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