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Plate 36: Poor Old Toby
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 36
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OW poor old Toby knows the worst, For lo ! his suit he's gain'd ;
Yet with a client's luck he's curst, For all his cash is drain'd.
His garden, with his cot he's sold, To pay the lawyer's fees : So Toby and his doxy old, Must want their ale and cheese.