The foundling hospital for wit [vol. VI] [T64456]
- DMI number:
- 734
- Publication Date:
- 1749
- Volume Number:
- 6 of 6
- ESTC number:
- T64456
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW116438392
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Douce W 170
- 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 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.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Topical miscellany, Political miscellany, and Collection including prose
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [4],[1]-91,[1].
- Bibliographic details:
- Octavo in fours. There are two variants of this edition; in this one, the second line of the first title listed reads: "mon." and the first page of each gathering does not have "No.VI." in the bottom left-hand corner. (ESTC). The Foundling Hospital for Wit is often bound into collected editions, each made up of different issues of each of the six volumes. It is unlikely they were ever sold like this - the issues are advertised separately in the periodical press of the time. For examples of such collected volumes, see Bodleian shelfmarks Douce W 170; (Vet.) 2808 e.25; Johnson e.212.
- Comments:
- Miscellany Contents: Prose on p.1; pp.14-39; pp.49-52; pp.53-54; pp.81-83
- Other matter:
- Contents (2pp.).
- References:
- Case, 440 (6)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. VI] [T64456]
- Publication Date:
- 1749
- ESTC No:
- T64456
- 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:
- 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] [T64450]
- Publication Date:
- 1746
- ESTC No:
- T64450
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- 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:
- Publisher:
- Webb||W.||Jr.
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ye beaux and ye belles both in court and in city
- Page No:
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- The C----t Sermon. A New Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Joseph (see letter on p.1)
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who's this what H----y the lyric
- Page No:
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- The Embarrass'd Knight. A Satire. Occasion'd by seeing an Ode inscrib'd to Lord Ch------d.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old England mourns her past disgrace
- Page No:
- pp.5-7
- Poem Title:
- A Congratulatory Ode, most humbly inscribed to the Statesman on his Travels.
- Attribution:
- By Joshua Jingle, Esq; Poet-Laureat to the Pelemites, Selemites, and other great Personages.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A story I'll tell you a story so merry
- Page No:
- pp.7-12
- Poem Title:
- Sir Billy Tinsel. An Excellent New Ballad. To the Tune of the Abbot of Canterbury.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- For the glory of Kellum
- Page No:
- pp.12-14
- Poem Title:
- An Ode for the 23d of September 1747.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright
- Page No:
- pp.40-43
- Poem Title:
- Isis. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- Written in the Year 1748, by Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- A friend to all whom virtue may commend
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- A Character of Baron Mountney.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What in this world deserves a moment's thought
- Page No:
- pp.44-45
- Poem Title:
- A Reflection.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Painting and poetry you know
- Page No:
- pp.45-48
- Poem Title:
- Advice to Mr. L--g--n, the Dwarf Fan-Painter, at Tunbridge Wells.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When conjurers the quality can bubble
- Page No:
- pp.52-53
- Poem Title:
- On the above Action in the Hay-Market
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath in the dust the mouldy old crust
- Page No:
- p.53
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- You say you love and twenty more
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- A Song,
- Attribution:
- by a Lady.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Downy peace extend thy pinions
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to Peace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At length the rude alarms of war are over
- Page No:
- pp.56-57
- Poem Title:
- On the Peace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Queen of plenty queen of smiles
- Page No:
- pp.57-58
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to Peace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With whimsies perplexed the other day out of spite
- Page No:
- pp.58-59
- Poem Title:
- A Rhapsody on Peace.
- Attribution:
- Car. Combes.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Combes
- First Line:
- Who see de peace today proclaim-a
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- A Song on the Peace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cursed on the star dear Harry that betrayed
- Page No:
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- A Reduced Officer's Complaint.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now great with expectation looks each man
- Page No:
- p.63
- Poem Title:
- Verses occasion'd by hearing certain grumbling Coffee-House Politicians descanting on what the King's Speech would be, before he went to the House.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pale her looks and clad in mourning
- Page No:
- pp.64-66
- Poem Title:
- England's Alarum Bell: or, Give not up Gibraltar; A new Ballad. The Tune, -- Come listen to my Ditty, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Would you know my dear miss
- Page No:
- pp.67-68
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to Miss Jenny.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Quite worn to the stumps in a piteous condition
- Page No:
- pp.68-69
- Poem Title:
- The Petition of Justice Boden's Horse to the Duke of Newcastle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath this stone
- Page No:
- pp.69-70
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on John Trotplaid, alias J-- F--.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dreams are monitions sent us from high heaven
- Page No:
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- On a Dream.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Did power and liberty agree
- Page No:
- pp.70-72
- Poem Title:
- A Fable. To the Earl of Granville.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Our island's guardian liberty
- Page No:
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- On the late M--rt--l Bills.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As by the templars holds you go
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- The Inner Temple Gate, London, being lately repaired, and curiously decorated, the following Inscription, in Honour of both the Temples, is intended to be put over it.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Backwards rode Filch who pockets used to rifle
- Page No:
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Filch at the Gallows.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Deluded men these holds forego
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- Written in Answer to the above.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tutor B---- they say
- Page No:
- pp.74-75
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram, on a disconsolate Tutor.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In scripture sir tis said we must
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- Miss L--t T--r, to Cornet F----r, on his falling down and breaking his Nose, sent with a Nose of Clay.
- Attribution:
- Miss L--t T--r
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If true these hearsay writers tell
- Page No:
- pp.76-77
- Poem Title:
- On the Report that Sir Peter Warren, Sir Edward Hawke, and Edward Vernon, Esq; are to be created Peers.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When war subsided in the south
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- On the Report of a British Fleet being to be sent to the Baltick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To speak with freedom dignity and ease
- Page No:
- pp.77-78
- Poem Title:
- Prologue. Spoken by Prince George.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The prologue's filled with such fine phrases
- Page No:
- pp.78-79
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While I exalted by my prince's grace
- Page No:
- pp.79-80
- Poem Title:
- Cato to Portius.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Draw near ye sober citizens
- Page No:
- pp.83-86
- Poem Title:
- No Peace for the Wicked: Or Wars broke out in the City. To the Tune of, Under the Greenwood Tree.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Freed from the toils of war and long distress
- Page No:
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- On seeing the Workmen employed upon the Preparations for the Fire-Works in the Green-Park, On Sunday last.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On reason faith and mystery high
- Page No:
- pp.87-88
- Poem Title:
- Epigram, occasion'd by a Religious Dispute at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why had Lord E------ against this bill
- Page No:
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- On opposing the late Mutiny and Desertion Bill.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From rags to paper then to pasteboard changed
- Page No:
- p.88
- Poem Title:
- Pantine. In Part an Imitation of the 8th Satire of the First Book of Horace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- His G---- of ------ begun this union
- Page No:
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- On admitting Soldiers, under Arms, into St. Paul's on the Thanksgiving-Day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The thanksgiving day the jubilee ball
- Page No:
- pp.90-91
- Poem Title:
- A Pindarick Ode upon Oddities. Extempore.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whether inspired by heaven or moved by H--
- Page No:
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- On the Thanksgiving, and the Jubilee-Ball that is to follow it.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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