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PG-P.733.025
9-16 Aug 1733:11,12,21 (246)
The Benefit of having a Trade in one's Belly. A Short
History.
Near the ancient city of Exeter in Old England, lived a
plain honest tradesman . . . [narrative of fate of
daughter's marriages, father insists on necessity of third
daughter's intended to have a trade. Third daughter has a
beau:] He was a handsome man, he spoke French, he play'd
well on the flute, he danc'd finely, and in short was a
compleat master of all the qualifications that render a man
amiable in the eyes of women. . .
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