The foundling hospital for wit [P6689] [volumes 1-6, 1743-1764]

DMI number:: 711
Publication Date:: 1743
Volume Number:: None of 6
ESTC number:: P6689
EEBO/ECCO link:: CB131276046
Shelfmark:: BOD Douce W 170
Full Title:: VOLUME 1: THE | Foundling Hospital | FOR | WIT. | INTENDED | For the Reception and Preservation of | such Brats of WIT and HUMOUR, | whose Parents chuse to Drop them. | CONTAINING | All the SATIRES, ODES, BALLADS, EPIGRAMS, [i]&c[/i]. | that have been wrote since the Change of the | Ministry, many of which have never before been | Printed. | [rule] | Number I. To be continued Occasionally. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for G. Lion near [i]Ludgate[/i]. 1743. VOLUME 2: [no title page] VOLUME 3: THE | Foundling Hospital | FOR | WIT. | Intended for the | Reception and Preservation of such Brats of WIT and | HUMOUR whose Parents chuse to Drop them. | [rule] NUMBER III. to be Continued Occasionally. | [rule] | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1]1. Ode to the E---- of [i]B----[/i]. | 2. The Heroes: To the Commanders of | the 15 New Regiments. | 3. Arms and the Man: To the D----. | 4. Important Question resolved: To Sir | [i]John B----[/i]. | 5. Honesty the best Policy. | 6. An Epigram on [i]W--k--n W-- W--[/i] | and [i]C--tt--n[/i]. | 7. An Epigram by the E-- of [i]C----d[/i]. | 8. The Ball at [i]W------[/i]. | 9. [i]P--tt[/i] excused. | 10. Battle of [i]Falkirk:[/i] To [i]G---- H----.[/i] | 11. On the Stocks in [i]W----[/i] Chapel. | 12. On [i]Cha. S------pe, Esq; drinking | Tar-Water. | 13. The Monkies: To our Modern | [i]Beaus[/i]. | 14. A Song on Miss [i]Molly Carr[/i].[/column 1] [column 2]15. An Epilogue intended to be spoke | by Mrs. [i]Woffington[/i]. | 16. An Ode from [i]P--l F--y[/i] to [i]N-s F-y.[/i] | 17 [i]Orpheus[/i] and [i]Hecate[/i]: To Lady [i]B---[/i]. | 18. Sir [i]J. Suckling[/i], a Ballad, adapted to | a Modern General. | 19. A Ballad on Lord [i]D--n--l[/i]'s alter- | ing his Chapel into a Kitchen. | 20. A D------'s Ghost to [i]P------[/i]. | 21. The Unembarrassed Countenance. | 22. Long and Short Verses: To [i]P----[/i]. | 23. Verses on the D---s of [i]M------h[/i]. | 24. Advice to [i]Clara[/i], by Mr. [i]P------[/i]. | 25. Universal Business, 1st and 2d Part. | 26. Modern Fine Gentleman and Lady. | 27 An Epilogue on the Duke's Birth- | day : Spoke by Mr. [i]Garrick[/i]. | 28. The Surprising History of a late long | Administration.[/column 2] | [i]With many Curious Pieces never before printed, and a | General Table of Contents to the Whole. | [rule] | By[/i] TIMITHY SILENCE, [i]Esq[/i]; | [rule] | LONDON: Printed for W. WEBB, near St. [i]Paul[/i]'s. 1746. | Where may be had Number I and II. Containing all the Satires, odes, Ballads, and | Epigrams, by the Prime WITS of this Age since the Change of the late Earl of | [i]O------d[/i]'s Administration. VOLUME 4: THE | Foundling Hospital | FOR | WIT. | Intended for the | Reception and Preservation of such Brats of WIT and | HUMOUR whose Parents chuse to Drop them. | [rule] | NUMBER IV. to be Continued Occasionally. | [rule] | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1]1. Ode to [i]H--y F-x[/i], on the | Marriage of the Duchess of | [i]M----r[/i]. | 2. Ode to the Author of the [/i]Conquer'd Dutchess[/i]. | 3. Rural Reflections of a [i]Welch[/i] | Poet. | 4. [i]W--d--m[/i] and [i]P--tn--y[/i]; or | the Vision at [i]Bath[/i]. | 5. Tar-Water: A Ballad. | 6. The [i]Highlanders[/i] Flight.[/column 1] [column 2]7. The Fire-Side. | 8. Ode to [i]Stephen Poyntz[/i], Esq; | 9. Epilogue to [i]Tamerlane[/i]. | 10. Ode to Sir [i]C. H. W.[/i]. | 11. [i]Austria[/i]'s Deliverance. | 12. The [i]Sweet William[/i]. | 13. The Appeal of [i]Morgan[/i]'s | Ghost. | 14. Mons. [i]D'Argenson[/i]'s Letter, | and the Burlesque.[/column 2] | [i]With many Curious Pieces never before printed, and | a General Table of Contents to the Whole. | [rule] | By[/i] TIMOTHY SILENCE, [i]Esq[/i]; | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for W. WEBB, near St. [i]Paul[/i]'s. 1763. | [Price One Shilling.] | Where may be had Number I, II, and III, containing all the Satires, | Odes, Ballads and Epigrams, by the Prime WITS of this Age, since | the Change of the late Earl of O----d's Administration. VOLUME 5: THE | Foundling Hospital | FOR | WIT. | Intended for the | Reception and Preservation of such Brats of WIT and | HUMOUR, whose Parents chuse to drop them. | [rule] | NUMBER V. To be continued Occasionally. | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1]1. The Litchfield defeat. | 2. The Answer. | 3. Ode to [i]P. Y--ke[/i], Esq; | 4. [i]Richmond[/i], a Vision. | 5. [i]Bergen-op-zoom[/i], a Ballad. | 6. [i]Balaam[/i] and [i]Palaam[/i]. | 7. Green-Room Scuffle. | 8. Epistle from [i]G. Hind[/i]. | 9. Hymn for the 9th of [i]Oct[/i]. | 10. Advice to the [i]French[/i] King's Painter. | 11. Lamentations of [i]Lewis[/i] XV.[/column 1] [column 2]12. On the Tax on Coaches. | 13. Ode to Sir [i]C-- H-- W--[/i]. | 14. [i]Diggon Davy[/i] and [i]Colin | Clout[/i]. | 15. An Apology. | 16. Downfall of [i]West- | minster[/i] Bridge. | 17. Plot and no Plot. | 18. [i]Boeotia[/i]. | 19. [i]Europe[/i] in Masquerade. | 20. Speech of King [i]Harry[/i] | the Ninth.[/column 2] | [i]With many other Curious Pieces, some of which never | before printed. | [rule] | By[/i] TIMOTHY SILENCE, [i]Esq[/i]. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]. | Printed for W. EBB, near St. [i]Paul[/i]'s, 1764. | [Price One Shilling.] | Where may be had any of the preceding Numbers. VOLUME 6: THE | Foundling Hospital | FOR | WIT. | Intended for the | Reception and Preservation of such Brats of WIT and | HUMOUR, whose Parents chuse to Drop them. | [rule] | NUMBER VI. to be Continued Occasionally. | [rule] | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1]1 The Court Ballad on Dr. C--s Ser- | mon. | 2 The embarrassed Knt. to Sir C. H. | W--s. | 3 A congratulatory Ode to the D. of | N----le on his going to H----r. | 4 A new Ballad on Sir Billy Tinsel, | L-- M--. | 5 Sir W--m St--pe's Speech on the | Buckingham Bill, [i]&c. &c. &c.[/i] | 6 Isis, an Elegy, to the Gentlemen | of Ox--d. | 7 Advice to Mr. L--g--n the dwarf | Fan-Painter, at Tunbridge Wells.[/column 1] [column 2] 8 The Bottle-Conjurer | 9 To the Independent E----s of | W----r. | 10 Odes, Rhapsodies, [i]&c.[/i] on Peace. | 11 A Reduced Officer's Complaint. | 12 Petition of Justice B--d--ns | Horse to the D. of N------le. | 13 On the late M--rt--l Bills. | 14 A Fable to the E--l of G--lle. | 15 Filch at the Gallows. | 16 Prologue and Epilogue spoke by | Prince George, [i]&c.[/i] | 17 Account of Sieur Rocquet | 18 A Ballad on B--n and W--r.[/column 2] | [i]With many other Curious Pieces, some of which never | before printed. | [rule] By [/i]TIMOTHY SILENCE, [i]Esq[/i]; | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for W. WEBB, near St. [i]Paul[/i]'s. 1749. | [Price One Shilling and Sixpence.] | Where may be had any of the Preceeding Numbers.
Epigraph:: VOLUME 1: --------[i]Poetica surgit | Tempestas[/i]. ---- JUVENAL.
Place of Publication:: London
Genres:: Topical miscellany, Made-up miscellany, Political miscellany, and Collection including prose
Format:: Octavo
Pagination:: [3],ii-iv,[1],2-71,[1],iii-iv,[1]-60,[2],[1]-62,[2],[1]-62,[3],4-64,[4],[1]-91,[1].
Bibliographic details:: This is a made up miscellany; the volumes do not run in chronological order (the fourth and fifth being second editions than the sixth) and the volume must have been bound in or after 1763. Printed in Octavo gathered in fours.
Comments:: DATE: Dates range from 1743-1764. PRICE: Varies between 1 s. and 1 s. 6 d.
Other matter:: Contents for the first volume given at start of second volume (2pp.); contents of second volume given at end of second volume (3pp.). Third, fourth, fifth and sixth volumes have contents at the beginning (1p., 1p., 1p., and 2pp. respectively.
References:: Case 440 (1) (a); 440 (2) (a); 440 (3) (b); [vols 4 and 5 not in Case]; 440 (6) a

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The foundling hospital for wit [P6689] [volumes 1-6, 1743-1764]