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UAMOCLIT. Ipomcea. Class 5, Pentan- 

 dria. Order: Monooynia. The name 

 Quamoclit is an Indian one, used by the bo- 

 tanists Plumier and Tournefort as generic, 

 but by Linnaeus only as a specific, name of a 

 pretty species of Ipomoea, sometimes called 

 busybody. It is a native of the East Indies. 



BUSYBODY. 



O, he's as tedious 

 As is a tired horse, a railing wife ; 

 Worse than a smoky house: — I had rather live 

 With cheese and garlic, in a windmill, far, 

 Than feed on cates, and have him talk to me, 

 In any summer-house in Christendom. 



Shaespeare. 



This is a slight unmeritable man, 

 Meet to be sent on errands. 



And though we lay these honours on this man, 

 To ease ourselves of divers slanderous loads, 

 He shall but bear them as the ass bears gold, 

 To groan and sweat under the business, 

 Either led or driven, as we point the way; 

 And having brought our treasure where we will, 

 Then we take down his load, and turn him off, 

 Like to the empty ass, to shake his ears, 



And graze in commons. 



Shaespeare. 



A very superficial, ignorant, unweighing fellow. 



Shaespeare. 



I am a feather for each wind that blows. 



Shaespeare. 



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