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Benjamin Franklin. ESSAYS AND LETTERS ON MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS . THE BUSY - BODY . - No . I. From the ... body's business is nobody's business , and the business is done accordingly . I therefore , upon mature deliberation ...
Benjamin Franklin. ESSAYS AND LETTERS ON MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS . THE BUSY - BODY . - No . I. From the ... body's business is nobody's business , and the business is done accordingly . I therefore , upon mature deliberation ...
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... BODY . THE BUSY - BODY . - No . II . From Tuesday , February 4 , to Tuesday , February 11 , 1728-9 . ON VULGAR DERISION . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . - Pope . MONSIEUR ...
... BODY . THE BUSY - BODY . - No . II . From Tuesday , February 4 , to Tuesday , February 11 , 1728-9 . ON VULGAR DERISION . All fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . - Pope . MONSIEUR ...
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Benjamin Franklin. that he thought nothing was more ridiculous in any body , than this samè humour in the prince ; and I am somewhat inclined to be of this opinion . The general tendency there is among us to this embel- lishment ...
Benjamin Franklin. that he thought nothing was more ridiculous in any body , than this samè humour in the prince ; and I am somewhat inclined to be of this opinion . The general tendency there is among us to this embel- lishment ...
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... Body himself . However , the only favour he begs of them is this ; that if they cannot control their overbearing itch of scribbling , let him be at- tacked in downright biting lyrics ; for there is no satire he dreads half so much as an ...
... Body himself . However , the only favour he begs of them is this ; that if they cannot control their overbearing itch of scribbling , let him be at- tacked in downright biting lyrics ; for there is no satire he dreads half so much as an ...
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Benjamin Franklin. THE BUSY - BODY . - No . III . From Tuesday , February 11 , to Tuesday , February 18 , 1728-9 . Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solidâ , nec Auster , Dux inquieti turbidus Adriæ , Nec ... BODY.-No. III. ...
Benjamin Franklin. THE BUSY - BODY . - No . III . From Tuesday , February 11 , to Tuesday , February 18 , 1728-9 . Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solidâ , nec Auster , Dux inquieti turbidus Adriæ , Nec ... BODY.-No. III. ...
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