The new foundling hospital for wit [T143683] [ecco]

DMI number:

1077

Publication Date:

1768

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T143683

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111414096

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

THE | NEW FOUNDLING HOSPITAL | FOR WIT. | BEING | A COLLECTION | OF | SEVERAL CURIOUS PIECES, | IN VERSE AND PROSE: | WRITTEN BY | [two columns] [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. | LONDON: | Printed in the Year MDCCLXVIII.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece.

Comments:

Contents: Prose pp. 42-46; 92-94; 122-126; 127-132; 135-6. Prose inscription pp. 74-75; 95-96. Drama: 'The Three Conjurers, A Political Interlude. Stolwen from Shakespeare' pp. 47-63. Attributions: some attributions taken from contents page.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Contents pp. [iii]-vi; Proposals for printing A New Baronetage of England [2pp.] Back matter: List of books soon to be published / already published pp. i-viii.

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 [T139942] [2nd ed] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1768

ESTC No:

T139942

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

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Title:

The new foundling hospital for wit [T139949] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1771

ESTC No:

T139949

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

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Related People

Editor:

John Almon

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

ESTC identifies Almon as editor.

Content/Publication

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 Dr. 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

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pp.13-16

Poem Title:

Doll Common. A Fragment. In Answer to the Foregoing.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Corinna virtue's child and chaste

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

Corinna Vindicated.

Attribution:

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First Line:

With all thy titles all thy large estate

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Some Stanzas Addressed to No Minister Nor Great Man.

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First Line:

With titles honours and a large estate

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pp.20-21

Poem Title:

Stanzas Addressed to a Great Minister and Great Man.

Attribution:

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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

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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:

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Not attributed

First Line:

In ancient times the roman laws decreed

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p.31

Poem Title:

Epigram. On the Battle of Minden.

Attribution:

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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

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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.33-35

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.35-36

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:

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. Albans.

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. Andrews 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

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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

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p.75

Poem Title:

L--y H----.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Affected wisdom has a woman made

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p.75

Poem Title:

L--y P-----.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The crescent shines N- is near

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p.75

Poem Title:

L--y N------d.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A well timed pr--cy has title gained

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p.76

Poem Title:

D------ of --------

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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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

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p.76

Poem Title:

L--y C-v-nt-y.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Brighter than Phoebus in his fierce career

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p.76

Poem Title:

L--y W-ld-gr-ve.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

In riches titles honours see her soar

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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:

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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:

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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:

p.118

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:

Kynge Bladyde. To William Pitt, sendethe greetynge.

Attribution:

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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