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Plate 37: Contentment

   
 
 


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 37

   
 

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EHOLD ye worldlings whence true pleasure springs ;
   Not from much wealth, or from the smiles of kings.

A single bottle sets our minds at rest ;
'Tis not full bags, contentment makes the feast.

   
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