“ If the hollow palm of the hand: which some call the Plain of Mars, is full of cross lines running into each other, the person will be of a humorsome, uneven, and testy temper, jealous and hasty, quarrelsome and fighting, and endeavouring to set others by the ears; he will meet with very frequent misfortunes, and bear them very uneasily; whereas, if the hollow or palm of the hand has none but the unavoidable lines, that is to say, those that must unavoidably pass through it, he will be of a sweet and amiable disposition, full of sensibility, gratitude, and love, faithful, benevolent, and kind ”

“ Garden.—To dream you are walking in a garden denotes your advancement to fortune; if you are gathering the produce of it, you will be happy in marriage, and have a large family, it betokens great success to the lover, and increase of business to the tradesman.
Geese.—To dream of geese is a sure sign of good; you may expect to see an absent friend soon; to the dreamer, they denote success and riches. ”

“ When the Table Line is broad, strong, and well marked, it shews the person to be of a sound constitution, and a peaceable contented mind: if it is broken, it shews for every break a violent interruption to happiness if these breaks happen towards the part next the wrist, he will be crossed in love, and either be disappointed in the person he has fixed his affections on, or be saddled with a person of a disobliging temper, and a most audacious and abusive tongue. ”

“ The Girdle of Venus, when it goes on fair and well marked, shews that the person will be prosperous in love, fair in his dealings with the fair sex, and be sincerely beloved; he will obtain a partner for life of a fortune equal to his own, sweet tempered, faithful, and affectionate ”

“ The emblem of hope and commerce, implies successful business carried on by water and by land, if on the bottom of the cup; at the top, and in the clear part, is shews constant love, and an unshaken fidelity. ”

“ If the Line of Life is crossed by other Lines at or near the wrist, the person will meet with sickness in the beginning of life, and the degree of sickness will be proportioned to the size, length, and breadth of the intervening lines. If the Life Line runs fair and uninterrupted, the person will enjoy good health; and according to its length towards the outside of the forefinger, you may judge if the person will live long, as the longer the Line the longer the Life. ”

“ Hair—To dream that you are brushing or combing your hair portends success in love, trade, or some other pursuit. It also signifies riches; to dream that you hair has grown so long that it hangs very loose over your shoulders, denotes that one superior to you adores you; but if the hair is red, it denotes that you have enemies. ”

“ But you will seldom find deceit where the eye looks with a modest confidence, not staring you out of countenance, nor averting as if detected of a crime--but when in business, lore, or friendship, there appears a tender firmness.
The Nose.
1. A long nose denotes a vain mind, unruly disposition, much given to wrangling, and not to be depended on.
2. A high nose denotes a violent person, a vain liar, and extremely lascivious, easily believing another, and very inconstant.
3. He that hath a big nose every way, long and hanging down, is covetous in every thing. ”

“ The person that acts the fortune-teller must bend their thoughts upon the person that wishes their fortune told, and upon their rank and profession, in order to give plausibility to their predictions. It is not to be expected upon taking up the cup, that the figures will be accurately represented as they are in the pack, and it is quite sufficient if they bear some resemblance to any of the following emblems. ”

“ The Palms of the hands contain a great variety of lines running in different directions, every one of which bears a certain relation to the events of a person's life: and from them with the most infallible certainty, can be told every circumstance that will happen to any one, by observing them properly. ”

“ The chief Lines on which persons of the profession lay the greatest stress, is the Line of Life, or the Life Line, as it is here called, which generally takes its rise where the thumb joint plays with the wrist on the inside ”

“ A Mole on either cheek, signifies that the person never shall arise above mediocrity in point of fortune, though at the same time he will never sink to real poverty.
A Mole on both cheeks denotes the person will know a deal of trouble, losses, and crosses, but last arrive to be a great tradesman, and will gain great riches, will be a very public character ”

“ White hair signifies great frigidity or cold, as may be seen in old men: but many people after much sickness, or trouble of mind, will on a sudden find their hair turn grey or white, as also after a fright or disappointment. A French Officer, aged 23, on a sudden received sentence of death; the news had such an effect on him, that before morning his hair was changed to milk white.
2. Black hair shews a person very amorous, but cruel and ungenerous.
3. Hair the colour of gold, shews a treacherous person, arbitrary and proud. ”

“ Hanging—Dreaming you see one handed, or that you are to be executed yourself, is a sign you will, by marriage, rise above your present condition, or a favour will he asked from you by one in needy circumstances. ”

“ A Mole on the left shoulder, shews a person of a quarrelsome and unruly disposition, always inclined to dispute for trifles, rather indolent, but much inclined to the pleasures of love, and faithful to the conjugal vows. ”

“ To dream you are walking on the sea is good to him that would take a wife, for he shall enjoy her.
Silk. To dream you are clothed in silk signifies honour. To dream that you trade with a stranger denotes profit and joy. ”

“ A person having much, and long hair on the eye-brows, and both join across the nose, is a very simple person, but conceited in his own opinion.
2. When the eye-brows are short and narrow, denotes the man good natured and reasonable. ”

“ The mount or ball of the thumb, bears a particular analogy to the events of a person's life, with respect to disputes, quarrels and lawsuits; if this mount has many long strait lines reaching from the thumb to the Line of Life, they show that the person will have several personal encounters ”

“ The hair is one of the most beautiful natural ornaments that, adorn the head of man or woman. The Apostle Paul permits women to wear long hair as an advancement to their beauty, and to be pleasing in the eyes of their husbands.
1. Hair that is soft and thick denotes a man of much mildness.
2. When the hair hangs down and is soft, it denotes the body to incline to dryness.
3. Much hair demotes a hot person, and that he is soon angry. ”

“ The emblem of death, prognosticates the same thing here, or at least a long and tedious illness if it be in the thick or turbid. In the clear, it denotes long life. In the thick, at the top of the cup, it signifies a considerable estate left to the party by some rich relation; in the same manner at the bottom, it shews that the deceased is not so nearly related to the consulting party. ”

“ He that hath a neck short and small, is wise, but deceitful, secret, constant, discreet, yet passionate and ingenious.
3. He that hath the neck fat and fleshy, is proud, wherefore he is compared to a bull, who is always ready to be angry. ”

“ W—The lass who gets this unlucky, hated card,
A shrivell'd maid shall die, which you think is hard.
M—How often our fortunes by opposites go
What brings bliss to a man, to a woman brings woe
Ten of Spades. ”

“ King or Queen.—To dream about the King or Queen, or any of the royal family betokens disappointment, excepting the months in which there is not an R, when it is a sign of great honour and prosperity.
Kissing. To dream yon kiss a pretty maid indicates good; if she consents without any resistance, she will be true to her lover; to dream you kiss a married woman and she consents is a sign of sorrow and poverty, and that you will be unsuccessful in your present undertakings ”

“ Those that have them long and thin, are bold, impudent, unlearned, gluttons, and whore masters, and very proud in general.
4. Those that have them well proportioned, and neither too small nor too large, are persons of good understanding, wise, discreet, honest, shamefaced, and courageous. ”

“ If it represents only one mountain, it indicates the favour of people of high rank, but several of them, especially in the thick, are signs of powerful enemies; in the clear they signify the contrary, or friends in high life, who are endeavouring to promote the consulting party. ”