The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the second [T139948] [ecco]

DMI number:

1081

Publication Date:

1769

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T139948

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB127107635

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BL

Full Title:

THE | NEW FOUNDLING HOSPITAL | FOR WIT. | BEING | A COLLECTION | OF | CURIOUS PIECES | IN VERSE AND PROSE. | BY SEVERAL EMINENT PERSONS. | PART THE SECOND. | [ornaments] | LONDON: | Printed in the Year MDCCLXIX.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Topical miscellany and Political miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

Contents: Greek epigram p. 33; Prose dialogue pp. 38-40; Prose pp. 40-44; 61-67; 163-180. Attributions: some attributions taken from title page.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Contents [2pp.]

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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Title:

The new foundling hospital for wit ... Part the second [T139943] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1768

ESTC No:

T139943

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

John Almon

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

ESTC identifies Almon as editor.

Content/Publication

First Line:

Since the state is in want of some bold forward youth

Page No:

pp.1-3

Poem Title:

The Offer Of A Young Minister To The Public, In This Time Of Necessity.

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First Line:

No more my friend of vain applause

Page No:

pp.3-6

Poem Title:

The Present Age.

Attribution:

O. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

A pair of doves and sent me by my Bute

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p.6

Poem Title:

An Article Having Been In The Papers, Of The Earl Of Bute Presenting A Pair Of Uncommon Fine Doves And A Parrot To The P-- Of W--; The Following Lines Appeared Soon After.

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First Line:

As the devil and B- were conversing of late

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p.7

Poem Title:

An Epigram Written Extempore, On Reading A Paragraph Importing The Retirement Of A Certain Great Favourite.

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First Line:

How vain are guards when guilty fear

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pp.8-9

Poem Title:

An Ode.

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First Line:

Tried by your country to your people's love

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p.8

Poem Title:

On The King, Declaring That He Would Have No Money Spent On Elections, But That "He Would Be Tried By His Country."

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First Line:

As on a board well poised boys sink and rise

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pp.9-10

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By An Eton Boy.

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First Line:

When Samson full of wrath devised

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p.9

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

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First Line:

St George to save a maid the dragon slew

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p.10

Poem Title:

Upon St. George For England.

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First Line:

I'll list for a soldier says Robin to Sue

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p.11

Poem Title:

The Loyal Pair. An Epigram.

Attribution:

R. J.

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First Line:

Too fast for our sins why tis decent enough

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p.11

Poem Title:

Epigram. On A Fast, Feb. 1758.

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First Line:

Had paving London streets in taste

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p.12

Poem Title:

On The Scotch Pavement.

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First Line:

Lead up join hands

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p.12

Poem Title:

The Thane's Dance.

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First Line:

The world's a printing house our words our thoughts

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p.12

Poem Title:

On A Printing-House.

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First Line:

Will Ch--m resign or continue in place

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p.13

Poem Title:

On A Late Promised Resignation.

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First Line:

If bees a government maintain

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pp.14-15

Poem Title:

The Rats and the Cheese.

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First Line:

Says great Will-m P-tt with his usual emotion

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p.15

Poem Title:

Epigram.

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First Line:

Adzooks master Hodge you are welcome to town

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p.16

Poem Title:

A Dialogue Between Ralph And Hodge.

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First Line:

At Marlborough inn obliged to stop

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p.17

Poem Title:

On A Late Whimsical Event That Befel Sir ---- At The Castle Inn At Marlborough, In The Month Of Feb. 1767.

Attribution:

S.

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First Line:

Here dead to fame lies patriot Will

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p.17

Poem Title:

On The Political Death Of The Late Great Commoner.

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First Line:

Prose driving dunces waddling fools in rhyme

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p.18

Poem Title:

On Mr. Churchill's Death.

Attribution:

J. C.

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First Line:

Ye sons of Bacchus come and join

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Anacreontic: On The Death Of Sir Harry Bellendine.

Attribution:

By Lord Middlesex.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

A man there lived at L- hall

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

A Cure For The King's Evil.

Attribution:

By An English Surgeon.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Stay passenger and though within

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pp.19-20

Poem Title:

The Following Copy Of Verses are to be seen on a small Cottage or Building, in the Rustic Taste, intended as a Place of Retirement, built by --- Powis, Esq; in a Grove by the River Severn, about a Mile from Little Walcot, in the County of Salop.

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First Line:

Fatal vicissitude | Was it for this that fortune graced thy birth

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pp.20-21

Poem Title:

Elegy, On The Death Of Admiral Byng.

Attribution:

Benevolus.

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Not attributed

First Line:

What that rogue loses this rogue wins

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p.20

Poem Title:

The E--l of N--'s Toast. On The Several Changes In The Ministry.

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First Line:

Though born where Devon's hills arise

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pp.22-26

Poem Title:

Imitation Of The IXth Ode Of The IVth Book Of Horace. To A Friend.

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First Line:

Shall she whose charms inspired each sprightly lay

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pp.27-28

Poem Title:

An Elegy On Lady Aberg--n-y.

Attribution:

By the Late Right Hon. W. P. Esq.

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Not attributed

First Line:

When Israel's impious sons forgot

Page No:

pp.29-30

Poem Title:

On Certain New Buildings Near The Royal Exchange.

Attribution:

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First Line:

More than content with what my labours gain

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p.29

Poem Title:

Mr. Garrick Sent The Following Lines To A Nobleman, Who Asked Him If He Did Not Intend Being In Parliament.

Attribution:

Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Ribbons and stars and courtly toys

Page No:

pp.30-32

Poem Title:

The Mirrour of Knighthood. A True Tale ----Written in the Year 1734.

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First Line:

What man in his wits had not rather be poor

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pp.32-33

Poem Title:

The Curse Of Avarice. A Song.

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First Line:

A miser spied a mouse about his house

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p.33

Poem Title:

Epigram.

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First Line:

Good morning dear cousin pray how do you do

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pp.34-37

Poem Title:

The Morning Visit. A Dialogue Between Lady Rattle And Lady Pam.

Attribution:

Philo

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Not attributed

First Line:

It happened in a healthful year

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p.34

Poem Title:

The Honest Confession.

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First Line:

Have ye never seen a net

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pp.44-45

Poem Title:

Stanzas To The Ladies, OnTheir Head-Dress For The Year 1768.

Attribution:

Squoxam.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ye foplings and prigs and ye would be smart things

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pp.46-47

Poem Title:

A Song For The Mall. A Parody On Whitehead's Song for Ranelagh.

Attribution:

By a Lady.

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Not attributed

First Line:

As by the templars holds you go

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p.48

Poem Title:

On The Templars.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Deluded men these holds forego

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pp.48-49

Poem Title:

The Answer.

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First Line:

Mass houses churches mixed together

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pp.49-50

Poem Title:

Description Of Dublin.

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First Line:

Ladies whose dress wit sprightliness and air

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pp.50-51

Poem Title:

A Sketch of Paris.

Attribution:

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First Line:

If ever I wed my wife shall not be old

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p.51

Poem Title:

The Bachelor's Choice Of A Wife.

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First Line:

Custom alas does partial prove

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p.52

Poem Title:

The Female Complaint.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When wise philosophers explain

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p.53

Poem Title:

On A Young Lady, By A Wilful Mistake, Reading "Rubies" For "B---bb---s."

Attribution:

E. L.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though kind your words how full of sorrow

Page No:

pp.54-56

Poem Title:

Miss Courtney To Miss Ann Connolly, May 1753.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Look round this vast and venerable place

Page No:

pp.57-61

Poem Title:

On The Ruins Of Pomfret Castle.

Attribution:

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First Line:

And am I then dismissed bid to resign

Page No:

pp.67-74

Poem Title:

The City Farce. As It Was Acted At Guild-Hall, In The Month Of April 1757.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Hail tricking monarch more successful far

Page No:

pp.74-76

Poem Title:

The British Ambassadress's Speech To The French King, Soon After The Peace Of Utrecht.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Now tremble colonists your time is come

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

On L-- B--t's Being Appointed Governor Of V--a, In The Room Of Sir J---y Am--t, Dismissed.

Attribution:

L. V.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well of all plagues which make mankind a sport

Page No:

pp.77-89

Poem Title:

Manners. A Satire.

Attribution:

By Paul Whitehead, Esq.

Attributed To:

Paul Whitehead

First Line:

While cringing crowds at faithless levees wait

Page No:

pp.90-105

Poem Title:

The State Dunces. Inscribed To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Whitehead]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Old I to show his most elegant taste

Page No:

pp.105-106

Poem Title:

Hit Or Miss, Luck's All.

Attribution:

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First Line:

In Scotland once a king they had

Page No:

pp.106-108

Poem Title:

The Scots Decree.

Attribution:

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First Line:

What do I see ridiculously clad

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

On The Modern Plaid-Wearers.

Attribution:

Euryalus.

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Not attributed

First Line:

See Natta's coach along the village runs

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p.110

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

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First Line:

What though I hold of trumps a flush

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p.110

Poem Title:

Epigram, Occasioned By A Gentleman's Losing Frequently To Lady H-rr-n At Loo.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Poor Jenny amorous young and gay

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p.111

Poem Title:

The Way To Be Wise. Imitated From La Fontaine.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Whether you lead the patriot band

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

To Any Minister Or Great Man.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Well may they Wentworth call thee young

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

Advice To The Marquis Of Rockingham. Upon A Late Occasion.

Attribution:

By An Old Courtier.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

According to the Romish creed

Page No:

pp.116-119

Poem Title:

Fable I. The River With A Petition.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That every female's a coquette

Page No:

pp.119-122

Poem Title:

Fable II. The Phoenix And Her Lovers.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A hen one evening to enjoy the cool

Page No:

pp.123-126

Poem Title:

Fable III. The Ducklings And The Wise Birds.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A cock an officer of foot

Page No:

pp.126-129

Poem Title:

Fable IV. La Noblesse De France. The Fighting Cock And The Craven.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Interest fascinates both age and youth

Page No:

pp.129-131

Poem Title:

Fable V. The Dog And The Cat.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With malice fell

Page No:

pp.132-134

Poem Title:

Fable VI. The Spider And The Fly.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

After a tedious flight

Page No:

pp.135-139

Poem Title:

Fable VII. The Wild Ducks And The Water Spaniel.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A certain dog of middling birth

Page No:

pp.140-143

Poem Title:

Fable VIII. The Advice Of An Old Spaniel.

Attribution:

By J. H. S. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear Shandy | You know there goes a tale

Page No:

pp.144-146

Poem Title:

A Lyric Epistle. To My Cousin Shandy, On His Coming To Town.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. J. H. S. Esq]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ladies I love you dearly

Page No:

pp.147-158

Poem Title:

An Epistle To The Grown Gentlewomen, The Misses of ****

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. J. H. S. Esq]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Gentlemen I am your friend and adviser

Page No:

pp.158-163

Poem Title:

A Lyrick Epistle, To The Grown Gentlemen, The Students Of Divinity In --- College, Oxford.

Attribution:

By Tristram Shandy, Gent.

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Not attributed

First Line:

What big with child and face to face

Page No:

pp.178-179

Poem Title:

The Emolument, or the Way to Convert Female Sinners.

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