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)
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [T64446] [reprint of T64445]
- Publication Date:
- 1763
- ESTC No:
- T64446
- Volume:
- 1 of 4
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. II] [T64448]
- Publication Date:
- 1744
- ESTC No:
- T64448
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. III] [T64451] [different setting to T64450]
- Publication Date:
- 1746
- ESTC No:
- T64451
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. IV] [T64452]
- Publication Date:
- 1747
- ESTC No:
- T64452
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. IV] [T64453]
- Publication Date:
- 1763
- ESTC No:
- T64453
- Volume:
- 4 of 6
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. V] [T64454]
- Publication Date:
- 1748
- ESTC No:
- T64454
- Volume:
- 5 of 5
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. V] [T64455]
- Publication Date:
- 1764
- ESTC No:
- T64455
- Volume:
- 5 of 6
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. VI] [T64456]
- Publication Date:
- 1749
- ESTC No:
- T64456
- Volume:
- 6 of 6
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- Comments:
- Title:
- The foundling hospital for wit [vol. VI] [T64457] [different setting to T64456]
- Publication Date:
- 1749
- ESTC No:
- T64457
- Volume:
- 6 of 6
- Relationship:
- Part of a Series
- 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:
- Publisher:
- Webb||W.||Jr.
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Away ambition let me rest
- Page No:
- pp.[1]-3
- Poem Title:
- An Ode from the E---- of B---- to Ambition.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That patriotism's a joke we must allow
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- Honesty The Best Policy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To what does France her present greatness owe
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- The Important Question Resolv'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As late at W------ it fell out
- Page No:
- pp.8-12
- Poem Title:
- The Ball.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Flavia's a name a deal too free
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- An Answer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Larissa on the billows
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- On Larissa.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Piqued at the C----t she knew not why
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- P----tt Excus'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nature and fortune blithe and gay
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- Nature and Fortune, to the E-- of Ch------ld.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Give me generous love and wine
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- On Love and Wine. In Imitation of Anacreon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Will and John at a plumber's once happened to stop
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis plain ye holy sinners
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- Upon seeing a Pair of Stocks in W---sor-Chapel.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Charles by rule episcopal
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- On Ch---- S------pe, Esq; drinking Tar-Water.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whoever with curious eye has ranged
- Page No:
- pp.18-20
- Poem Title:
- The Monkies. To our Modern Beaus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beauty's gay queen fair aphrodite
- Page No:
- p.20
- Poem Title:
- Anacreontic.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I have lost my mistress horse and wife
- Page No:
- p.20
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Away let naught to love displeasing
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since one there is who with uncommon art
- Page No:
- pp.37-39
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to William Pitt, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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----
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- To Clara.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lady Dorothy Drum sends her compliments
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- Universal Business. Message the First.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir Francis my lady and both the miss D--nts
- Page No:
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- Message the Second.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Just broke from school pert impudent and raw
- Page No:
- pp.46-49
- Poem Title:
- The Modern Fine Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- King hero philosopher author musician
- Page No:
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- Epigram on the K. of Pr----. [...] English'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- 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
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