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Plate 31: Yeddart with His Little Nose
Publish'd as the Act Directs, June 1773
7 3/4"w x 5"h
From "The EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES in the Book of Heads entitled HUMAN PASSIONS DELINEATED": PLATE 31
H
ERE Yeddart with his little nose Both envy lodge his great one ;
As often poorest folks do those They have their clothes and meat on.
For envy like to vital air, Runs through all sorts of people : Through th' pompous court and country bare, And lords of ev'ry steeple.