The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the fifth [N60584] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1205
- Publication Date:
- 1772
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N60584
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB126865542
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | NEW FOUNDLING HOSPITAL | FOR WIT. | BEING | A COLLECTION OF CURIOUS PIECES | IN VERSE AND PROSE, | SEVERAL OF WHICH WERE NEVER BEFORE PRINTED. | BY | [two cols] [col 1] SIR C. HANBURY WILLIAMS, | EARL OF CHESTERFIELD, | --DELAWARR, | --BATH, | --HARDWICKE, | --CARLISLE, | LORDS LYTTELTON, | -- HARVEY, | --CAPEL, | LADY M. W. MONTAGUE, | HON. C. YORKE, | --H. WALPOLE, | C. MORRIS, | SIR J. MAWBEY, | T. POTTER, | C. TOWNSHEND, [/col 1] | [col 2] SOAME JENYNS, | DR. KING, | DR. ARMSTRONG, | C. ANSTEY, | T. EDWARDS, | C. CHURCHILL, | J. THOMSON, | J. S. HALL, | J. WILKES, | D. GARRICK, | R. BENTLEY, | S. JOHNSON, | B. THORNTON, | G. COLMAN, | R. LLOYD, &c. &c. [/col 2] | Adorned with a curious Frontispiece. | [rule] | PART THE FIFTH. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. ALMON, in PICCADILLY. | 1772.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse and Collection of satirical verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Frontispiece.
- Comments:
- QUERY: does date on tp erroneously read 1722, corrected by hand to 1772? Contents: prose pp. 60-67, 140-143; French verse p. 138, 139.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advertisement [1p.]; Contents [2pp]. Back matter: Advertisements pp. 177-180.
- References:
- Donald W. Nichol, 'The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: From Hanbury Williams to John Wilkes' Studies in the Literary Imagination 34.1 (2001) pp. 101-19. Donald W. Nichol ed., The New Foundling Hospital for Wit 1768-1773 (Pickering and Chatto 2006) 3 vols.
- Publisher:
- John Almon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Sing o muse Phoebus wrath say what cause could persuade
- Page No:
- pp.1-24
- Poem Title:
- The Toast: An Epic Poem. In Two Books.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. King.
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Calm was the sea and silent was the night
- Page No:
- pp.25-28
- Poem Title:
- Serio-Burlesque Canto On A Certain Visc--ss At Brighth--. Written 18 July, 1771.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Freed from each private and each public care
- Page No:
- pp.29-44
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue Between The Duke of Bedford, And Mr. Alderman Beckford.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The muses quite jaded with rhyming
- Page No:
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- A Ballad
- Attribution:
- By The Earls Of Chesterfield And Bath. [See Swift's Works, vol. 18, p. 324.]
- Attributed To:
- William PulteneyPhilip Dormer Stanhope
- First Line:
- Remote from liberty and truth
- Page No:
- pp.48-50
- Poem Title:
- An Ode To William Pulteney, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Great sir for wisdom famed as beer
- Page No:
- pp.50-51
- Poem Title:
- TO Mr. M--r, Upon His Saying, Do You Know Who I Am, Do You Know Who I Represent.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Wearied with vain pursuits and humble grown
- Page No:
- pp.51-54
- Poem Title:
- The Sine Cure. A Poetical Petition To The Right Honourable Robert Walpole, Esq; For The Government Of Duck Island In St. James's Park
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- First martyr of unlawful power
- Page No:
- pp.55-59
- Poem Title:
- Ode To St. Stephen.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come my dear girl let's seek the peaceful vale
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- By The Author Of The Monody To The Memory Of A Young Lady, &c.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair artist well thy pencil has essayed
- Page No:
- pp.67-71
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Honourable Miss Yorke (Afterwards Lady Anson) On Her Copying A Portrait Of Dante By Clorio.
- Attribution:
- By Her Brother, The (Late) Hon. Charles Yorke, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Charles Yorke
- First Line:
- The lover oft to please some faithless dame
- Page No:
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady, With A Prrsent [sic] Of Pope's Works.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Yorke]
- Attributed To:
- Charles Yorke
- First Line:
- In earliest times ere man had learned
- Page No:
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- Stanzas, In The Manner Of Waller: Occasioned By A Receipt To Make Ink, Given To The Author By A Lady.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Yorke]
- Attributed To:
- Charles Yorke
- First Line:
- Charles whom thy country's voice applauding calls
- Page No:
- p.74
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To The Honourable Charles York, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By The Late Thomas Edwards, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- Amidst the pleasures that attend
- Page No:
- pp.75-79
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To Mr. Cranmer Kenrick, At Bath.
- Attribution:
- Joseph Mawbey.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Joseph Mawbey
- First Line:
- Who has not heard of Reynard's crafty tricks
- Page No:
- pp.79-81
- Poem Title:
- Ayliffe's Ghost; Or The Fox Stinks Worse Than Ever.
- Attribution:
- By Charles Churchill.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Churchill
- First Line:
- Ye muses quit your sacred stream
- Page No:
- pp.82-84
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Lord Edgecombe's Pig.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mark the new scene how wealth and art unite
- Page No:
- p.85
- Poem Title:
- On Reading Dr. Goldsmith's Poem, The Deserted Village...Au Contraire. The Reverse.
- Attribution:
- By The Hon. Corbyn Morris, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Corbyn Morris
- First Line:
- Honest William an easy and good natured fellow
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- Written By A Brewer's Daughter, On Her Father's Discharging His Coachman For Getting In Liquor.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I rise about nine get to breakfast by ten
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- The Lownger.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From Grecian Aesop to our Gay
- Page No:
- pp.87-89
- Poem Title:
- The Petition Of The Fools To Jupiter. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- (Supposed To Be Written By David Garrick, Esq; Addressed To The Earl of Chesterfield.)
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Garrick I've read your Fool's Petition
- Page No:
- pp.90-91
- Poem Title:
- An Answer In The Name Of The Earl Of Chesterfield.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The chief in pride Cardilla first appears
- Page No:
- pp.92-95
- Poem Title:
- Female Characters.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Through every part of grief or mirth
- Page No:
- pp.95-96
- Poem Title:
- To David Garrick, Esq. On Meeting Him At A Friend's House.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Anstey.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Anstey
- First Line:
- As late at Comus' court I sat
- Page No:
- pp.96-98
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Garrick's Answer
- Attribution:
- Mr. Garrick
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Freely I'd give ye cups of gold
- Page No:
- pp.99-100
- Poem Title:
- Verses To Sir William Draper, With A Present Of Cheese.
- Attribution:
- By C. Anstey, Author Of The Bath Guide.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Anstey
- First Line:
- In the same year when six and nine
- Page No:
- pp.100-101
- Poem Title:
- An Old Prophecy In Gothic Characters, Found Upon A Stone In The Rubbish Of The New Buildings (At Bath) April 1, 1769. Written On Occasion Of The Disputes Relating To The Appointment Of Master Of The Ceremonies On The Death of Mr. Derrick.
- Attribution:
- By D. Garrick, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Tom praised his friend who changed his state
- Page No:
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Long in the senate had brave Vernon railed
- Page No:
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Epigram, On Admiral Vernon's Presiding Over The Herring Fishery, 1750.
- Attribution:
- By Horace Walpole. Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Horace Walpole
- First Line:
- Apollo from his daily charge withdrew
- Page No:
- pp.102-107
- Poem Title:
- The Court Of Apollo.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Says my lord to his cook you son of a punk
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To Hackfall's calm retreat where nature reigns
- Page No:
- pp.108-110
- Poem Title:
- Hackfall. An Elegy. To Neaera.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Escaped from London now four moons and more
- Page No:
- pp.110-119
- Poem Title:
- A Day: An Epistle To John Wilkes, Of Aylesbury, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Armstrong. [Not in his Works.]
- Attributed To:
- John Armstrong
- First Line:
- Old friend farewel with whom full many a day
- Page No:
- p.120
- Poem Title:
- On Throwing By An Old Black Coat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Time can effect it whatsoever the change
- Page No:
- p.121
- Poem Title:
- A Thought On Seeing Races Advertised For Runny-Mead.
- Attribution:
- Vicissitudinarius
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At length this long contested deed is done
- Page No:
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- The Soliloquy Of A Great Man, On A Late Great Occasion. (Parodied from Macbeth.)
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since you long to be told of our sweet masquerade
- Page No:
- pp.123-126
- Poem Title:
- To Lady Bab Evergreen, At Bath, From Miss Vizard, On The Masquerade.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thanks to your wiles deceitful fair
- Page No:
- pp.126-130
- Poem Title:
- To Miss --
- Attribution:
- By J. S. Hall, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- John Hall-Stevenson
- First Line:
- Though born in an ungenial clime
- Page No:
- pp.130-132
- Poem Title:
- To Lollius.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hall]
- Attributed To:
- John Hall-Stevenson
- First Line:
- Offspring of British kings of yore
- Page No:
- pp.132-134
- Poem Title:
- To Maecenas. [i.e. Lord Bute.]
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hall]
- Attributed To:
- John Hall-Stevenson
- First Line:
- I would with all my heart and soul
- Page No:
- pp.135-137
- Poem Title:
- To Daniel Webb, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hall]
- Attributed To:
- John Hall-Stevenson
- First Line:
- When beauteous Helen left her native air
- Page No:
- pp.137-138
- Poem Title:
- To Madame Du Chatelet.
- Attribution:
- The Foltowing [sic] Jeus D' Esprit Were Presented By The Hon. Horace Walpole, To Four French Ladies of Eminence, Upon A Late Visit To Him At His Villa At Strawberry Hill.
- Attributed To:
- Horace Walpole
- First Line:
- Pardon fair traveller the troop
- Page No:
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- To Madame De Villegagnon, On The Seizure Of Her Cloaths, By The Custom-House Officers.
- Attribution:
- By The Hon. Horace Walpole
- Attributed To:
- Horace Walpole
- First Line:
- Though British accents your attention fire
- Page No:
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- To Madame De Damas, learning English.
- Attribution:
- By The Hon. Horace Walpole
- Attributed To:
- Horace Walpole
- First Line:
- The buskined muse when Powell was no more
- Page No:
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram on a Late Marriage.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shall Britain sigh when favouring Zephyr's care
- Page No:
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- To Madame De La Vaupaliere.
- Attribution:
- By The Hon. Horace Walpole
- Attributed To:
- Horace Walpole
- First Line:
- Newcastle dead confusion seize
- Page No:
- p.140
- Poem Title:
- Epigram On The Death Of The Late Duke Of Newcastle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A learned divine
- Page No:
- pp.144-147
- Poem Title:
- The Church's Lamentation. Upon An Attempt Intended To Be Made To Reduce Her To A Level, In Point of Law, With The King, Lords, Commons, And Every Other Subject Of The Realm...Addressed To The House of Commons.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Garlick.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A was an Aickin an actor of spirit
- Page No:
- pp.147-150
- Poem Title:
- Short Character Of The Players.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When I would thy beauties paint
- Page No:
- pp.150-151
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady Who Greatly Admired The Spanish Poetry. In The Manner Of Alonzo De Ercilla.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Quoth Dick to Tom this act appears
- Page No:
- pp.151-152
- Poem Title:
- On The Royal Marriage Act.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Full well by learned clerkis it is sed
- Page No:
- p.152
- Poem Title:
- An Emblem Of Wedlock. In Chaucer's Style.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Charles's time the ducks were favourites made
- Page No:
- p.152
- Poem Title:
- On The Intended Improvements In The Park.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some wit of old such wits of old there were
- Page No:
- pp.153-154.
- Poem Title:
- On Paper.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Behold the scene a motley tribe compose
- Page No:
- p.155
- Poem Title:
- A Short Poetical Description Of A Female Rout.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Far in a desart wild where loud and strong
- Page No:
- pp.156-174
- Poem Title:
- The Choice of Hercules, An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas near the castle gate where loud and strong
- Page No:
- pp.137 [i.e.157]-176
- Poem Title:
- The Choice. A Serenata. As It Was Performed Before A Select Company In Dublin, On The Eve Of The Late Session Of Parliament. Being A Parody Of The Choice Of Hercules. (With Notes And Illustrations.)
- Attribution:
- By Jacob Isaacson, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Jacob Isaacson
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