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The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, public benefits : in two volumes : with an essay on charity and charity-schools, and a search into the nature of society : to which is added, a vindication of the book from the aspersions contained in a presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to the Lord C---.

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Making of the Modern World, Part 1: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.
Series:
Making of the modern world
Making of the Modern World
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ethics.
Virtue.
Charity-schools.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Other Title:
Private vices, public benefits
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh : Printed for J. Wood, 1772.
System Details:
text file
Notes:
Attributed to Bernard Mandeville.-- NUC pre-1956.
"The following fable [was] ... called The grumbling hive, or, Knaves turn'd honest."--Pref.
First part originally published in 1714, the second in 1724.
Includes index.
Reproduction of original from Beinecke Library, Yale University.
Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10841.4-4.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns
OCLC:
65351341
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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