The celebrated lecture on heads [electronic resource] : which has been exhibited upwards of two hund...
The celebrated lecture on heads [electronic resource] : which has been exhibited upwards of two hundred successive nights, to crowded Audiences, and met with the most universal Applause. Part I. Introduction. Alexander the Great - Cherokeechief-Quackdoctor-Cuckold-Lawyer-Humourous Oration in praise of the Law - Horse Jockies - Nobody-Lottery of Life - Nobody's, Somebody's, Anybody's, and Everybody's Coats of Arms - Family of Nobody Vanity - Wit - Judgment-Genius Architecture - Painting - Poetry - Astronomy-Music-Statues of Honesty and Flattery. Part II. Ladies Heads-Riding Hood-Ranelagh Hood-Billingsgate - Laughing and Crying Philosophers-Venus's Girdle-Cleopatra - French Night Cap - Face Painting - Old Maid - Young Married Lady-Old Batchelor-Lass of the Spirit-Quaker 2 Hats contrasted -and 2 Heads contrasted. Part III. Physical Wig-Dissertation on Sneering and Snuff-Taking - Life of a Blood -a Woman of the Town - Tea Table Critic-Learned Critic-City Politician humorously described - Gambler's 3 Faces-Gambler's Funeral and Monument-Life and Death of a Wit-Head of a well-known Methodist Parson, with a Tabernacle Harangue. The sixth edition. With an entire new frontispiece, representing all the various heads, &c.
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[London] : Printed for J. Pridden, at the Feathers in Fleet-Street, 1766.
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1766.
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8p.,plate ; 2°.
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[London] : Printed for J. Pridden, at the Feathers in Fleet-Street, 1766.
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England
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1766.
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The celebrated lecture on heads [electronic resource] : which has been exhibited upwards of two hundred successive nights, to crowded Audiences, and met with the most universal Applause. Part I. Introduction. Alexander the Great - Cherokeechief-Quackdoctor-Cuckold-Lawyer-Humourous Oration in praise of the Law - Horse Jockies - Nobody-Lottery of Lif...
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An unauthorized version, first published Sept. 1765, containing 51 'heads'.
Anonymous. By George Alexander Stevens.
Braces in imprint.
Originally published in 1764 as 'A lecture on heads'.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
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ESTC N2058.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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