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 V. to be Continued Occasionally. Containing, 1. The Litchfield Defeat. 2. The Answer. 3. Ode to P. Y-ke, Esq; 4. Richmond, a Vision. 5. Bergen-op-Zoom, a Ballad. 6. Balaam and Palaam. 7. Green-Room Scuffle. 8. Epistle from G. Hinde. 9. Hymn for the 9th of Oct. 10. Advice to the French King's Painter. 11. Lamentations of Lewis 15. 12. On the Tax on Coaches. 13. Ode to Sir C---H---W---. 14. Diggon Davy and Colin Clout. 15. An Apology. 16. Downfal of Westm. Bridge. 17. Plot and no Plot. 18. Boeotia. 19. Europe in Masquerade. 20. Speech of King Harry the Ninth. With many other Curious Pieces, some of which never before printed. By Timothy Silence, Esq;

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  • 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 V. to be Continued Occasionally. Containing, 1. The Litchfield Defeat. 2. The Answer. 3. Ode to P. Y-ke, Esq; 4. Richmond, a Vision. 5. Bergen-op-Zoom, a Ballad. 6. Balaam and Palaam. 7. Green-Room Scuffle. 8. Epistle from G. Hinde. 9. Hymn for the 9th of Oct. 10. Advice to the French King's Painter. 11. Lamentations of Lewis 15. 12. On the Tax on Coaches. 13. Ode to Sir C---H---W---. 14. Diggon Davy and Colin Clout. 15. An Apology. 16. Downfal of Westm. Bridge. 17. Plot and no Plot. 18. Boeotia. 19. Europe in Masquerade. 20. Speech of King Harry the Ninth. With many other Curious Pieces, some of which never before printed. By Timothy Silence, Esq;
  • Foundling hospital for wit. 3
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London : printed for W. Webb, near St. Paul's. 1748, 1746.
Publication year
1746
ESTC No.
T64450
Grub Street ID
289486
Description
[2],62p. ; 8°.
Note
Timothy Silence is a pseudonym

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