The new foundling hospital for wit [T139942] [2nd ed] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1078
- Publication Date:
- 1768
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T139942
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW112525567
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod.
- Full Title:
- THE | NEW FOUNDLING HOSPITAL | FOR WIT. | BEING | A COLLECTION | OF | SEVERAL CURIOUS PIECES, | IN VERSE AND PROSE: | WRITTEN BY | [2 cols] [col 1] LORD CHESTERFIELD, | LORD HARDWICKE, | LORD LYTTELTON, | SIR C. H. WILLIAMS, | MR. WILKES, [/col 1] | [col 2] MR. CHURCHILL, | MR. GARRICK, | MR. POTTER, | DR. AKENSIDE, [/col 2] | AND OTHER EMINENT PERSONS. | [rule] | THE SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED IN THE YEAR MDCCLXVIII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Topical miscellany and Political miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Frontispiece.
- Comments:
- Attributions: some attributions taken from contents page. Contents: prose pp. 42-46, 92-94, 122-126, 127-132, 135-136. Prose inscription pp. 74-75, 95-96. Drama 'The Three Conjurers, A Political Interlude. Stolen From Shakespeare' pp. 47-63.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advert for Volume 2 [1p]; Contents pp. [iii]-vi. Back matter: Proposals for printing A New Baronetage of England [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.
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit [T143683] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1768
- ESTC No:
- T143683
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit [T139949] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1771
- ESTC No:
- T139949
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Editor:
- John Almon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Identified by ESTC as editor
- First Line:
- The monkey lapdog parrot and her grace
- Page No:
- pp.1-9
- Poem Title:
- Isabella: Or, The Morning.
- Attribution:
- Written By Sir Charles Hanbury Williams.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
- First Line:
- Not gentler virtues glowed in Cambray's breast
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- Written Under The Picture Of Hayter, Bishop Of Norwich, Soon After He Was Dismissed From His Post Of Governor To The Prince Of Wales In 1752.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Chaste Dian's crescent on her front displayed
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram On A Certain Lady's Coming Into The Room At Bath, With A Diamond Crescent In Her Hair.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Potter.
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Potter
- First Line:
- Corinna in the country bred
- Page No:
- pp.11-13
- Poem Title:
- A Simile.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- So lost to sense of shame and duty
- Page No:
- pp.13-16
- Poem Title:
- Doll Common. A Fragment. In Answer To The Foregoing.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Corinna virtue's child and chaste
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- Corinna Vindicated.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With all thy titles all thy large estate
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- Some Stanzas. Addressed To No Minister Nor Great Man.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With titles honours and a large estate
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Stanzas Addressed To A Great Minister And Great Man.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once on a time how long ago
- Page No:
- pp.22-27
- Poem Title:
- The Beavers. A Fable. Written in 1759.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Kenrick (contents page)
- Attributed To:
- Daniel Kenrick
- First Line:
- Houses churches mixed together
- Page No:
- p.28
- Poem Title:
- A Description Of London.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The old Egyptians hid their wit
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Nash's Picture, At Full Length, Between The Busts of Sir I. Newton, And Mr. Pope, At Bath.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Chesterfield.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
- First Line:
- Says sir John to lord E- how uncrowded we sit
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue In A Thin House.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In ancient times the roman laws decreed
- Page No:
- p.31
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. On The Battle Of Minden.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In famed cathedral who'd expect
- Page No:
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- On The Monuments In Westminster-Abbey.
- Attribution:
- By the Late Mr. C. Churchill.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Churchill
- First Line:
- When Pope to satire gave its lawful way
- Page No:
- pp.32-33
- Poem Title:
- Verses Written In Windsor Park, In The Year 1762.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Churchill]
- Attributed To:
- Charles Churchill
- First Line:
- Never yet in vain did heaven its omens send
- Page No:
- p.33
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Pitt's Resignation In 1761.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Virtue and fame the other day
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- Virtue and Fame. To The Countess Of Egremont.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttelton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Fame heard with pleasure straight replied
- Page No:
- p.35
- Poem Title:
- Addition Extempore
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Hardwicke.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Yorke
- First Line:
- Methought I saw before my feet
- Page No:
- pp.35-26
- Poem Title:
- Lord L--'s Letter To The Earl of Hardwicke. Occasioned By The Foregoing Verses.
- Attribution:
- Lord Lyttelton (contents page)
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Drumgold whose ancesters from Albion's shore
- Page No:
- pp.37-38
- Poem Title:
- To Colonel Drumgold.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Lyttelton]
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- When peace shall on her downy wing
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- Invitation To The Dowager Duchess D'Aiguillon.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttelton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- A plague on Egypt's arts I say
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- Quin's Soliloquy, On Seeing Duke Humphrey At St. Alban's.
- Attribution:
- D. G.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Says epicure Quin should the devil in hell
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear sir | Having found with surprize that my late resignation
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pitt's Letter To His Friend In The City, Versified. It Was Written On Occasion Of His Resigning The Seals In 1761.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail black November in whose foggy rear
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- On The 30th Of November Being St. Andrew's Day, And The Birth-Day Of The Princess Dowager Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To honour virtue in the lord of Stowe
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- On The Dismission Of Earl Temple From The Lieutenancy Of The County Of Bucks.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A courtier professed much esteemed by the great
- Page No:
- pp.65-66
- Poem Title:
- A Singular Advertisement Versified. To The Gentlemen, Clergy, And Freeholders Of The County Of Gloucester.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say when will England be from faction freed
- Page No:
- p.65
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- E. G.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See from his colours turncoat Y-- retreat
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- On A Certain Lawyer's Taking A Patent Of Precedence In 1764.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whence can arise these dread alarms
- Page No:
- pp.67-70
- Poem Title:
- An Ode, 1764.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou who the verdant plain dost traverse here
- Page No:
- pp.70-71
- Poem Title:
- An Inscription For a Column At Runnymede Windsor.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Akenside.
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Since the times are so bad and are still growing worse
- Page No:
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- Sent With A Piece Of Painted Flowered Silk, To Lady Charles Spencer, Who Said She Was Low In Pocket.
- Attribution:
- By The Right Hon. Countess Temple.
- Attributed To:
- Anna Chamber
- First Line:
- By commerce Albion and by arms refined
- Page No:
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- To The Earl Temple. On Gardening.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Countess Temple]
- Attributed To:
- Anna Chamber
- First Line:
- A beauty comes a heroine in her air
- Page No:
- p.75
- Poem Title:
- L--y H-----.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Affected wisdom has a woman made
- Page No:
- p.75
- Poem Title:
- L--y P-----.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The crescent shines N- is near
- Page No:
- p.75
- Poem Title:
- L--y N-------d.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A well timed pr--cy has title gained
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- D------ of --------
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A wife as Pallas fair without design
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- L--y Pl-m--th.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Behold the wonder of her sex and time
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- L--y C-v-nt-y.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Brighter than Phoebus in his fierce career
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- L--y W-ld-gr-ve.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In riches titles honours see her soar
- Page No:
- p.76
- Poem Title:
- L--y H-dw--e
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How vain are hopes how changeable is man
- Page No:
- pp.77-78
- Poem Title:
- A Sketch. Written on the Change of the Ministry in 1765.
- Attribution:
- N. C. M. S. C.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And does it gall you then ye venal crew
- Page No:
- pp.78-79
- Poem Title:
- To The Late Minority. Written on Reading The History Of Their Conduct, Entitled "An History Of The Late Minority, &c. "
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. N. C. M. S. C.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When my Clio is gay
- Page No:
- pp.80-82
- Poem Title:
- The Muse At A Horse Race: A Ballad, Addressed To C--t and Country Jockies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- God prosper long our noble king
- Page No:
- pp.82-92
- Poem Title:
- A Parody Upon The Famous Battle of Chevy Chase.
- Attribution:
- W. Y. W.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My lord great commoner no more
- Page No:
- pp.97-98
- Poem Title:
- The Earl. An Ode. Imitated From Horace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The tories od rat em
- Page No:
- p.97
- Poem Title:
- An Apology For Mr. P-.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How happy a state does lord C--m possess
- Page No:
- pp.99-101
- Poem Title:
- The Coronet: A Song.
- Attribution:
- A Trifler.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Having heard that your doggrel's in mighty renown
- Page No:
- pp.101-105
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle To A Friend In The Country.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The first was I that helped thee to be known
- Page No:
- pp.106-108
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The western sun had sought his evening grave
- Page No:
- pp.108-117
- Poem Title:
- The E-l of C-m's Apology.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Forgive my lord an homely muse
- Page No:
- pp.118-120
- Poem Title:
- To Lord C--m. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Much wondrous good doth fount dispense
- Page No:
- p.121
- Poem Title:
- Kyng Bladyde To William Pitt, sendeth greetynge.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I hold for faith
- Page No:
- p.122
- Poem Title:
- The Jesuits Double Faced Creed.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ayliffe and -- when called in days of old
- Page No:
- pp.126-127
- Poem Title:
- On The Execution Of John Ayliffe, Esq. For A Forgery Respecting Lord Holland.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The swift paced hours convoke again
- Page No:
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- The Analogy Between Legislation and Horse-Racing.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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