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.

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Publisher:

John Almon

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

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 Pulteney

Philip 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