The celebrated lecture on heads : which has been exhibited upwards of one hundred successive nights, to crouded audiences, and met with the most universal applause. Part I. Introduction. Alexander the Great-Cherokee Chief-Quack Doctor-Cuckold-Lawyer-Humourous Oration in praise of the Law-Horse Jockies-No Body-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 - Two Hats contrasted - and Two Heads contrasted. Part III. Physical Wig-Dissertation on Sneezing and snuff-Taking-Life of a Blood-Woman of the Town-Tea Table Critic-Learned Critic-City Politician humourously Described-Gambler's Three Faces-Gambler's Funeral and Monument-Life and Death of a Wit-Head of a well-known Methodist Parson, with a tabernacle Harangue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.

Standardized Title:

Lecture on heads

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Characters and characteristics.

Physiognomy.

Phrenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],21,[1]p.,plate )

Other Title:

Celebrated lecture on heads

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Richard Bond, near Bartlet's Buildings, Holborn, 1765.

Notes:

Anonymous. By George Alexander Stevens.

Originally published in 1764 as 'A lecture on heads'.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T183896.

OCLC:

642506459