an eye-glass

   ] they stare at ladies, as if they were a jury of astronomers, executing a writ of inquiry upon some beautiful planet: they imagine themselves possessed of the power of a rattle-snake, who can, as it is said, fascinate by a look; and that every fine woman must, at first sight, fall into their arms.—"Ha! who's that, Jack? she's a devilish fine woman, 'pon honour, an immensely lovely creature; who is she? She must be one of us; she must be comeatable, 'pon honour."—"No, Sir," replies a stranger, that overheard him, "she's a lady of strict virtue."—"Is she so? I'll look at her again—ay, ay, she may be a lady of strict virtue, for, now I look at her again, there is something devilish un-genteel about her."

    Wigs

   , as well as

    books

   , are furniture for the head, and both

    wigs

   and

    books

   are sometimes equally voluminous. We may therefore suppose this wig [

    shews a large wig

   ] to be a huge quarto in large paper; this is a duodecimo in small print [

    takes the knowing head

   ]; and this a jockey's head, sweated down to ride a sweepstakes. [

    Takes the jockey's head.

   ] Now a jockey's head and a horse's head have great affinity, for the jockey's head can pull the horse's head on which side of the post the rider pleases: but what sort of heads must those people have who know such things are done, and will trust such sinking funds with their capitals? These are a 

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