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The foundling hospital for wit [vol. III] [T64450]

DMI number:
757
Publication Date:
1746
Volume Number:
3 of 3
ESTC number:
T64450
EEBO/ECCO link:
N/A
Shelfmark:
BOD Radcl. e.243
Full Title:
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. Importan Question resolved: To Sir | [i]John[/i] | | 5. Honesty the best Policy. [[i]B----[/i]. | 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] excus'd. | 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. Sr [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 Unembarrass'd Countenance. | 22. Long & 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] TIMOTHY 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.
Place of Publication:
London
Genres:
Political miscellany and Collection including prose
Format:
Octavo
Pagination:
[2], [1]-62
Bibliographic details:
There are two variants of volume III. This one has a comma after 'Hospital' in the title; sig. F2 is misprinted F3: I2 is unsigned (ESTC; Case)
Comments:
Miscellany Contents: pp.58-62. Query: check ECCO number - doesn't seem to include this vol.
Other matter:
Prefatory Material: Contents (1p.)
References:
Case 440 (3) (a)
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Publication Date:
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Publication Date:
1749
ESTC No:
T64457
Volume:
6 of 6
Relationship:
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Comments:
Title:
The foundling hospital for wit. [T64445] [different setting to T64444]
Publication Date:
1743
ESTC No:
T64445
Volume:
1 of 1
Relationship:
Part of a Series
Comments:
Title:
The foundling hospital for wit. Number II [T64449]
Publication Date:
1749
ESTC No:
T64449
Volume:
2 of 6
Relationship:
Part of a Series
Comments:
Title:
The foundling hospital for wit. Number II. [T64447]
Publication Date:
1743
ESTC No:
T64447
Volume:
2 of 2
Relationship:
Part of a Series
Comments:
Title:
The foundling hospital for wit [T64444] [different setting to T64445]
Publication Date:
1743
ESTC No:
T64444
Volume:
1 of 6
Relationship:
Volume from the same edition
Comments:
Related People
Publisher:
Webb||W.||Jr.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
First Line:
Away ambition let me rest
Page No:
pp.[1]-3
Poem Title:
An Ode from the E---- of B---- to Ambition.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Of all the jobs that ever have passed
Page No:
pp.3-5
Poem Title:
The Heroes: A New Ballad. To the Tune of ---- Sally in our Alley.
Attribution:
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First Line:
God prosper the king and the king's noble sons
Page No:
pp.5-7
Poem Title:
Arms and the Man. A new Ballad.
Attribution:
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First Line:
That patriotism's a joke we must allow
Page No:
p.7
Poem Title:
Honesty The Best Policy.
Attribution:
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First Line:
That rock which gave thee glory proved thy doom
Page No:
p.7
Poem Title:
To Mr. P---- on the Hanover Troops.
Attribution:
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First Line:
To what does France her present greatness owe
Page No:
p.7
Poem Title:
The Important Question Resolv'd.
Attribution:
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First Line:
As late at W------ it fell out
Page No:
pp.8-12
Poem Title:
The Ball.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Flavia's a name a deal too free
Page No:
p.8
Poem Title:
An Answer.
Attribution:
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First Line:
In Flavia's eyes is every grace
Page No:
p.8
Poem Title:
An Epigram on Miss Eleanor Ambrose, a celebrated Beauty in Dublin.
Attribution:
By the E-- of C----d.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Says W-k-n to C-tt-n I thought my lord G--r
Page No:
p.8
Poem Title:
An Epigram.
Attribution:
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First Line:
As Larissa on the billows
Page No:
p.12
Poem Title:
On Larissa.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Piqued at the C----t she knew not why
Page No:
p.12
Poem Title:
P----tt Excus'd.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Nature and fortune blithe and gay
Page No:
p.13
Poem Title:
Nature and Fortune, to the E-- of Ch------ld.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Give me generous love and wine
Page No:
p.14
Poem Title:
On Love and Wine. In Imitation of Anacreon.
Attribution:
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First Line:
I'll tell you a tale for a groat
Page No:
pp.14-16
Poem Title:
The G--z--e of January 23, 1745-6: Verified.
Attribution:
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First Line:
The old English cause knocks at every man's door
Page No:
pp.16-17
Poem Title:
A Song. To the Tune of, The Cut-purse.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Will and John at a plumber's once happened to stop
Page No:
p.17
Poem Title:
Epigram.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Tis plain ye holy sinners
Page No:
p.18
Poem Title:
Upon seeing a Pair of Stocks in W---sor-Chapel.
Attribution:
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First Line:
When Charles by rule episcopal
Page No:
p.18
Poem Title:
On Ch---- S------pe, Esq; drinking Tar-Water.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Whoever with curious eye has ranged
Page No:
pp.18-20
Poem Title:
The Monkies. To our Modern Beaus.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Beauty's gay queen fair aphrodite
Page No:
p.20
Poem Title:
Anacreontic.
Attribution:
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First Line:
I have lost my mistress horse and wife
Page No:
p.20
Poem Title:
Epigram.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
When I from my window am gazing
Page No:
pp.21-23
Poem Title:
A Song, On Miss Molly Carr. ---- Brussels, 1744.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Away let naught to love displeasing
Page No:
pp.23-24
Poem Title:
A Song.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Plague of all cowards say I why bless my eyes
Page No:
pp.24-25
Poem Title:
An Epilogue intended to be spoken by Mrs. Woffington, in the Habit of a Volunteer, upon reading the Gazette, containing an Account of the late Action at Falkirk.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Never dear Faz torment thy brain
Page No:
pp.26-28
Poem Title:
An Ode. Imitated from Ode XI. Book II. of Horace. From P--l F--y to N--s F--y, Esq;
Attribution:
By a Person of Honour
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When Orpheus as old poets tell
Page No:
pp.28-29
Poem Title:
Orpheus and Hecate. An Ode. Inscribed to the Patroness of the Italian Opera. To Lady B------.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
Sir John he bought him an ambling nag
Page No:
pp.30-31
Poem Title:
Sir John Suckling, an old Ballad, Adapted to a Modern General.
Attribution:
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First Line:
By Ovid amongst many more wonders we're told
Page No:
pp.31-33
Poem Title:
On Lord D--n----l's altering his Chapel at Gr----e into a Kitchen.
Attribution:
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First Line:
As musing on his bed the speecher lay
Page No:
pp.33-34
Poem Title:
A D----ss's Ghost to Orator H----r P----t.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
To a certain old chapel well known in the town
Page No:
pp.34-36
Poem Title:
The Unembarrass'd Countenance, A New Ballad. To the Tune of, a Cobler there was &c. &c.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Since one there is who with uncommon art
Page No:
pp.37-39
Poem Title:
An Epistle to William Pitt, Esq;
Attribution:
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First Line:
Since one hath writ
Page No:
pp.40-41
Poem Title:
Short Verses, in Imitation of Long Verses: in an Epistle to W----m P----tt, Esq;
Attribution:
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First Line:
But what are these to great Atossa's mind
Page No:
pp.42-43
Poem Title:
Verses upon the late D------ss of M------
Attribution:
By Mr. P----
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First Line:
Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend
Page No:
pp.43-44
Poem Title:
To Clara.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Lady Dorothy Drum sends her compliments
Page No:
p.45
Poem Title:
Universal Business. Message the First.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Sir Francis my lady and both the miss D--nts
Page No:
pp.45-46
Poem Title:
Message the Second.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Just broke from school pert impudent and raw
Page No:
pp.46-49
Poem Title:
The Modern Fine Gentleman.
Attribution:
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First Line:
At Hackney or at Chelsea bred
Page No:
pp.49-52
Poem Title:
The Modern Fine Lady. Or, A Counterpart to a Poem lately published, called, The Modern fine Gentleman.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Here lies who in her farthingale and ruff
Page No:
p.53
Poem Title:
Epitaph for Lady ------. In Imitation of the above Epigram.
Attribution:
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First Line:
King hero philosopher author musician
Page No:
p.54
Poem Title:
Epigram on the K. of Pr----. [...] English'd.
Attribution:
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First Line:
That pencil happy to be thine
Page No:
p.54
Poem Title:
Extempore left on Mad. De Pompadour's Toilet, [...] while she was Drawing. [...] In English.
Attribution:
by Voltaire,
Attributed To:
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
First Line:
Would he were gone what rout is here
Page No:
pp.55-56
Poem Title:
A Poem on his Excellency the Earl of Chesterfield's being about to leave Ireland.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Tis not a birth to titles pomp or state
Page No:
pp.56-57
Poem Title:
An Epilogue On the Birth-Day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland.
Attribution:
Written by the Farmer, and spoken by Mr. Garrick.
Attributed To:
Not attributed