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 IV. to be continued occasionally. Containing, 1. Ode to H-y F-x, on the Marriage of the Duchess of M-r. 2. Ode to the Author of the Conquer'd Duchess. 3. Rural Reflections of a Welch Poet. 4. W--d--m and P-tn--y ; or the Vision at Bath. 5. Tar-Water: A Ballad. 6. The Highlanders Flight. 7. The Fire-Side. 8. Ode to Stephen Poyntz, Esq ; 9. Epilogue to Tamerlane. 10. Ode to Sir C.H.W. 11. Austria's Deliverance. 12. The Sweet William. 13. The Appeal of Morgan's Ghost. 14. Mons. D'Argenson's Letter, and the Burlesque. With many Curious Pieces never before printed, and a General Table of Contents to the Whole. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Silence, Timothy, 1708-1759
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for W. Webb, near St. Paul's, 1763.
Subjects:	English wit and humor > Early works to 1800. Humorous poetry, English > 18th century. Politics and culture > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Politics and culture. Great Britain. 1700 - 1799 History. Poems > English > 18th century. Satires > England > 18th century.

Description
Item Description:	Timothy Silence is a pseudonym. Below imprint in square brackets: price One Shilling Where may be had Number I, II, and III, containing all the Satires, Odes, Ballads, and Epigrams, by the Prime Wits of this Age, since the Change of the late Earl of O--d's Administration. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:	2 unnumbered pages, 62 pages ; 20 cm (octavo)
Place of Publication:	England -- London.