"Faith, I fancy not; methinks my Heart has laid up a Stock will last for Life; to back which, I have taken a Thousand Pound upon my Uncle's Estate; that surely will support us, till one of our Fathers relent."
The Busie Body: A Comedy
First performed May 12, 1709. 38 entries in the ESTC (1709, 1714, 1725, 1727, 1732, 1736, 1737, 1740, 1741, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1757, 1759, 1765, 1766, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1782, 1787, 1790, 1791).<br>
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Text from <u>The Busie Body: A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Mrs. Susanna Centlivre.</u> (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709).