The foundling hospital for wit. Number II [T64449]

DMI number:

704

Publication Date:

1749

Volume Number:

2 of 6

ESTC number:

T64449

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 132 (2)

Full Title:

THE | Foundling Hospital | FOR | WIT. | [rule] | NUMBER II. | [rule] | CONTAINING, | [2 coulmns] [column 1]The Ballance of [i]Europe[/i]. | Prenez le Roy, to M. [i]Noailles[/i]. | The Marshal's Answer. | On the C----s of [i]Y--h[/i] making | the Campaign. | On [i]L--g--nier[/i]'s passing the | [i]Rhine[/i]. | The Lion and Frogs. | On the March of the [i]D----h[/i]. | [i]Britannia[/i]'s Lamentation and Petition to the D-ke. | A New Ballad on Beating the | [i]French.[/i] | A Letter on the Blues ---- | News from the Army on the K--g and D--ke. | To Fortune, on [i]S------ys[/i] and | [i]W----le[/i]. | The Mistake. | The Downfal of Dancing, to | the Ladies of [i]Blackheath[/i]. | An Epigram on Ld [i]G--l--y[/i] | and his Cook.[/column 1] [column 2]A Lesson from [i]H--r.[/i] | A New Ballad on our Riches. | On [i]Faction Detected.[/i] | The Carters, [i]John[/i] and [i]Will[/i]. | The Gracious Refusal. | On the Promotion of the Rt. | Hon [i]H. Pelham[/i]. | The Interview between [i]Harry[/i] | and [i]Will[/i]. | To the E. of [i]B------h[/i], on | [i]Faction Detected[/i]. | Epigram on the Blues. | An Ode to the New M----s. | An Ode to the Earl of [i]B--h[/i]. | Faction Detected, a New Bal- | lad. | A Humorous Ballad, to Lord | [i]G------m. | Verses occasion'd by the many | Satires on the Government. | On a late Transaction, to the | D-- of [i]M------h[/i].[/column 2] | [i]With many other Curious Pieces, some of which were | never before printed. | [rule] [i]By[/i] TIMOTHY SILENCE, [i]Esq[/i]; | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for W. WEBB, near St. [i]Paul[/i]'s. 1749. | Where may be had any of the other Numbers. HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] THE | Foundling Hospital | FOR | WIT. | [ornamental rule] | (Price one shilling.)

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London

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Political miscellany

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Octavo

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1 s.

Pagination:

[2], [1]-60.

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Octavo in fours. 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.

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MISCELLANY CONTENTS: French poem on p.56

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BACK MATTER: Contents (pp.58-60)

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Case 440 (2) (d)

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Timothy Silence

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First Line:

Prenez le Roy cries grand Marshall Noailles

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p.[1]

Poem Title:

Prenez le Roy. To Marshall Noailles.

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While in suspense the scales of Europe hung

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p.[1]

Poem Title:

The Ballance.

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As soon as on the banks of Rhine

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pp.2-3

Poem Title:

On the British, Austrian, and German Auxiliary Forces passing the Rhine.

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I lost not the field though for it I fought

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p.2

Poem Title:

Marshall Noailles's Answer.

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The French though beat te deum sing

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p.2

Poem Title:

On the French singing Te Deum at Paris.

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With G---- what hero can compare

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p.2

Poem Title:

On the C---- of Y----'s making the Campaign.

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The king save his grace

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pp.3-4

Poem Title:

A Poetical Epistle from a Great Man in the Army.

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The king god be praised

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pp.4-5

Poem Title:

An Account of the Battle between the French and Allies, as sent into the Country.

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At wit perplexed if you would smile

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p.5

Poem Title:

The Gallic Heroes.

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While France her treacherous arms employs

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p.5

Poem Title:

To the Emperor.

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On the banks of the Main as our soldiers were walking

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p.6

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

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On the banks of the Main

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pp.6-7

Poem Title:

The Campaign and its Historian.

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To C-bb--r cries Sir John ye lazy rogue

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p.6

Poem Title:

An Excuse for the Laureat.

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First Line:

Great God of hosts attending the complaints

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pp.7-8

Poem Title:

Cardinal Tenchin's Prayer.

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First Line:

Vain are the achievements of the sword

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p.7

Poem Title:

On the Means of perpetuating the Fame of Great Actions.

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First Line:

A frog and lion made alliance

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pp.8-9

Poem Title:

The Lion and the Frogs. A Fable.

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First Line:

A strutting cock ambitious grown

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pp.9-10

Poem Title:

A Fable on the late Transactions in Germany.

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In hostile fields why lives my lord

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pp.10-11

Poem Title:

B-------a's Lamentation and Petition.

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First Line:

Britons rejoice

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pp.11-12

Poem Title:

A New Ballad; or, Britons Rejoice, &c. To the Tune of Handel's March in Scipio.

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First Line:

His foe the Parthian better to amuse

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p.12

Poem Title:

Epigram.

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First Line:

What need of Hallelujahs pray

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p.12

Poem Title:

The following Lines were occasion'd by reading a Grand, Mysterious Coffee-House Ode on the Battle of Dettingen; the second Line of which is express'd in these majestical Terms: "All true Britons, sing Hallelujah!"

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In Lewis see the fate of kings

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pp.13-14

Poem Title:

French Policy.

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First Line:

When Lewis had heard by each trembling courier

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p.13

Poem Title:

To the Queen of Hungary.

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With haughty pride the French proclaimed

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p.13

Poem Title:

The Scene Chang'd: An Epigram.

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First Line:

Dear friend of the blues

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pp.14-15

Poem Title:

The Substance of a certain Letter.

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In our accounts tis something rare

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p.15

Poem Title:

A Thought on our Army Intelligence.

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Once more let me beg you speak up for the blues

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p.15

Poem Title:

Postscript.

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The news I send in altered style

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pp.15-16

Poem Title:

News from the Army.

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First Line:

Oh goddess thou who rules at court

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pp.16-17

Poem Title:

Hor. Book I. Ode XXXV. Translated, Imitated, and Paraphras'd. To Fortune.

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First Line:

Ye think our Highlands bleak and bare

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Verses written by a Highlander the Day before he was taken.

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To sum up all the current news

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pp.19-20

Poem Title:

A Summary of Intelligence, Domestic and Foreign.

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First Line:

When lately G---- and Gallia's sons

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p.20

Poem Title:

The Mistake.

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C. B.

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First Line:

The week spent in labour in trouble in care

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p.21

Poem Title:

A Lesson from H----n----r.

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First Line:

Why railest thou Thomas as if we were poor

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pp.21-23

Poem Title:

A New Ballad upon the Riches of Great Britain. Occasion'd by a late Calculation.

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To whom is Frederick an ally

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p.23

Poem Title:

On the Conduct of a certain Great Prince.

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When V--rn--n is willing to shake hands with Spain

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pp.23-24

Poem Title:

The Catastrophe.

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O libel born to endless shame

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p.24

Poem Title:

On Faction Detected.

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Things may well go slowly on

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p.24

Poem Title:

The Carters.

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When the great Earl of B---- with most dog-like submission

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pp.24-25

Poem Title:

The Gracious Refusal.

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The story goes as fame will tattle still

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pp.25-26

Poem Title:

The Interview.

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When to the King the tidings Carteret bore

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p.25

Poem Title:

On the Promotion of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Esq;

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First Line:

No league with our wishes since fortune will hold

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p.26

Poem Title:

The Metamorphosis.

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First Line:

While Europe is divided all with care

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p.26

Poem Title:

On a Nobleman's Arrival at H------n-Hall.

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First Line:

Your sheets I've perused

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pp.27-28

Poem Title:

To the E. of B----, Occasion'd by a late Pamphlet, entitled, Faction detected.

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A patriot of old tis said

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p.28

Poem Title:

The Parallel.

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Never dare draw me without reason shown

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p.29

Poem Title:

A Motto for a Sword.

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First Line:

When Tory Oxford ruled the roost

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pp.29-30

Poem Title:

Potatoes and Hemp: Or, Tories and Robertsmen.

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When on the treasury lived the Gazetteer

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p.30

Poem Title:

Occasioned by a Paragraph in the Gazetteer.

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France lately was at Europe's head

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p.31

Poem Title:

The Cardinals.

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He is grown old he is abhorred

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pp.31-32

Poem Title:

Imitation of

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First Line:

If through fear of disgrace into danger we run

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p.31

Poem Title:

Epigram.

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First Line:

Attend ye brave Britons of every degree

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pp.32-33

Poem Title:

Plain Thoughts, &c. A New Ballad.

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Dear Jeffrey did thou never meet

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pp.34-35

Poem Title:

A Simile. To Jeffrey Broadbottom, Esq;

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Wits point your arrows keen and quick

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p.34

Poem Title:

Ode. To the new M--------rs.

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Attend to my call

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pp.35-37

Poem Title:

A New Ballad. To the Tune of Ye Commons and Peers.

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First Line:

Behold the image of a favourite peer

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pp.37-38

Poem Title:

Occasioned by the sight of a Print of Lord Gower.

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First Line:

When British horse but chiefly B----

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p.37

Poem Title:

A Song sung in the B-----h Camp. To the Tune of Cuckoo.

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First Line:

Arrive in safety all ye heroes brave

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p.38

Poem Title:

On the Arrival of G------ O------.

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First Line:

The H---- of C------ we may call

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pp.38-39

Poem Title:

A Synonymous Song on a Shitten Subject. To its own Proper Tune.

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First Line:

In each ambitious measure crossed

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pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Hor. Lib. II. Ode XVI. Otium Divos, &c. Imitated. Inscrib'd to the E. of B.

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I sing of food by British nurse designed

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pp.41-42

Poem Title:

The Art of making Hasty-Pudding.

Attribution:

By the late W. King, L. L. D.

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William King

First Line:

When we review our Britain's present state

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pp.42-43

Poem Title:

The present State of Great Britain.

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First Line:

Ye close-fisted rogues whom the city beshrieves

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p.42

Poem Title:

A Midsummer Pasquinade, found in the Streets of London.

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First Line:

Quoth S----s to P------y since words may cause fighting

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pp.43-44

Poem Title:

Faction Detected. A New Ballad. To the Tune of Derry down.

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Soldier complete in bravery and art

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p.44

Poem Title:

On the Death of the Duke of Argyll.

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In vain Argyll with godlike virtue stood

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p.45

Poem Title:

On hearing that the Duke of Argyll had recover'd the free Use of his Reason before his Death.

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Tis not the tomb in marble polished high

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pp.45-46

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on a poor honest Man; intended to be plac'd on a Stone in the Church of Bromham in the County of Wilts.

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First Line:

What dreadful judgements threaten this our isle

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p.45

Poem Title:

On the Death of John, Duke of Argyll.

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First Line:

To you gay girls of Greenwich Town

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pp.46-47

Poem Title:

The Downfall of Dancing; or a bright Thought of the Squire's. An original Song, most humbly addrest to the young Ladies that frequent the Green-man Assembly on Blackheath.

Attribution:

By Richard Wronghead, of Blunder-hall in the Island of Sheepy, Esq;

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Beneath this rugged stone doth lie

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p.48

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on his Wife Bess.

Attribution:

By Timothy Stonecutter.

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When dark oblivion in her sable cloak

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pp.48-49

Poem Title:

The Cave of Pope. A Prophecy.

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Come listen a while and I'll tell you some news

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pp.49-50

Poem Title:

This Ballad, tho' wrote some time ago, was never in print, and is too good to be lost.

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First Line:

Love thy votary let me live

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pp.50-51

Poem Title:

Stanzas written to obviate an Objection to an English Lady.

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Believe me friends whatever you do

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pp.51-52

Poem Title:

Verses occasion'd by seeing such innumerable Satires writ against the Government; address'd to all true Lovers of their Country.

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Says my lord to his cook you son of a punk

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p.52

Poem Title:

Epigram On his Excellency the late Lord Galway and his Cook.

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First Line:

Once Hymen abused for the matches he made

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pp.53-54

Poem Title:

Hymen's Triumph. On the Marriage of the Rev. Mr. Richard Beauchamp, to Miss Juliana Keating, on Thursday May 5th, 1743.

Attribution:

By the Rev. William Dunkin, M. A. of Trin. Col. Dublin.

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William Dunkin

First Line:

Ladies whose dress wit sprightliness and air

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pp.54-55

Poem Title:

A Sketch of Paris. In 1741.

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By Gallo Anglus.

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First Line:

By various paths the great ascend

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p.56

Poem Title:

On a late Transaction.

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First Line:

He's Sisyphus that strives with mighty pain

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p.57

Poem Title:

Sisyphus.

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First Line:

The puffing art how vastly it improves

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p.57

Poem Title:

Upon a very late Piece of Hague Intelligence.

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