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NYGWPB.767.023
16 Jul 1767:33 (1280)
The second day.
At Mr. Burns's Assembly Room,
To-morrow, being Friday the 17th of July,
Mr. Douglass, will deliver a Lecture on Heads.
A syllabus of which follows:
Part I.
Introduction...Alexander...Cherokee...Quake-
Doctor...Arms...Cuckold...Cornucopia...Lawyer...Oration in
Praise of Law...Case, Daniel versus Dishclout...Journeyman's
Jemmy...Sir Languish Lispey...Frizzl'd Bob Jockey..
.Nobody...Arms of Nobody, Somebody, any body and every
body...Fate of Esteem, generosity, Friendship, Gratitude,
Common Sense, and publick Spirit...Genealogy of
Genius...Sciences...Honesty...Flattery.
Part II.
Physical Wig...Dissertation on Sneezing and Snuff
taking...Blood...Woman of the Town...Tea-Table
Critic...Stock-Jobber...Alderman Double Chin the Politician
and Turtle-Eater...Gambler...his Funeral...his
Monument...Anecdote of a Landlord and a
Soldier...Yorick...Methodist.
Part III.
Riding-Hood...Ranelagh Hood...Billingsgate...Laughing and
crying Philosophy...Origin of Ladies Bonnets, Pompoons,
Egrette's, and Curtain Lectures...Night Rail...Check
Wrapper...Face-Painting exploded...Young Wife and Old Maid
Contrasted...Old Bachelor...Quaker Man and Woman...Nevernois
Hat...Englishman and Frenchman...Virtuoso...Learned Critic
Between the parts, and at the end of the lecture, singing
by Mr. Woolls.
To begin exactly at seven o'clock.
Tickets to be had at the Bible and Crown in Hanover-Square,
and at Mr. Burns's Bar, at a dollar each.
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