The foundling hospital for wit. : Intended For the Reception and Preservation of such Brats of Wit and Humour, whose Parents chuse to Drop them. Containing All the Satires, Odes, Ballads, Epigrams, &c. that have been wrote since the Change of the Ministry, many of which have never before been Printed. Number I. To be continued Occasionally.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silence, Samuel.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Foundling hospital for wit. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century.

English literature.

Satire, English--Early works to 1800.

Satire, English.

Physical Description:

iv,iv,71 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for G. Lion near Ludgate, 1743.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

"The Royal Charter of Apollo and the Muses" at the beginning identifies the author as Samuel Silence, a pseudonym.

With a half-title.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Case, 440 (1)a

English Short Title Catalog, T64445.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.