The foundling hospital for wit. Intended for the Reception and Preservation of such Brats of Wit and Humour, whose Parents chuse to Drop them. Number VI. to be Continued Occasionally. Containing, 1 The Court Ballad on Dr. C-s Sermon. 2 The embarrassed Knt. to Sir C. H. W-s. 3 A congratulatory Ode to the D. of N-le on his going to H-r. 4 A new Ballad on Sir Billy Tinsel, L- M-. 5 Sir W-m St-Pe's Speech on the Buckingham Bill, &c. &c. &c. 6 Isis, an Elegy, to the Gentlemen of Ox-d. 7 Advice to Mr. L-g-n the dwarf Fan-Painter, at Tunbridge Wells. 8 The Bottle-Conjurer. 9 To the Independent E-s of W-r. 10 Odes, Rhapsodies, &c. on the Peace. 11 A reduced Officer's Complaint. 12 Petition of Justice B-d-n's Horse to the D. of N-le. 13 On the late M-rt-l Bills. 14 A Fable to the E-l of G-Lle. 15 Filch at the Gallows. 16 Prologue and Epilogue spoke by Prince George, &c. 17 Account of Sieur Rocquet. 18 A Ballad on B-n and W-r. With many other Curious Pieces, some of which never before printed. By Timothy Silence, Esq;
- Silence, Timothy.
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- 1749
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Foundling hospital for wit. 6
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London : printed for W. Webb, near St. Paul's, 1749.
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[4],91,[1]p. ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T64457
Case, 440 (6)a
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