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NYJ-N.767.104
6 Aug 1767:33 (1283)
The price for admittance having been objected to, as rather
too high, the exhibiter has, by the advice of his friends
lowered it to half a dollar. At Mr. Burns's Assembly Room,
to-morrow, being Friday the 6th of August, Mr. Douglass will
deliver a Lecture on Heads. A syllabus of which follows;
Part Ist. Introduction--Alexander--Cherokee--Quack-Doctor--
Arms--Cuckold--Cornucopia--Lawyer --Oration in Praise of
Law--Case, Daniel versus Dishclout--Journey Man's Jemmy--Sir
Sanguish Lispey--Frizzl'd Bob--Jockey--Nobody--Arms of
Nobody, Somebody, any Body, and every Body--Fate of Esteem,
Generosity, Friendship, Gratitude, Common Sense, and Public
Spirit--Genealogy of Genius--Sciences--Honesty--Flattery.
Part IId. Physical Wig--Dissertaion 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 IIId. 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--Learn'd
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 half a dollar each. This will positively be
the last time of performance.
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