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english wit and humor5
satire, english1

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Hanbury Williams, Charles4
Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)4
Fountain, John1

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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. 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 (v.1-3)

Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)

1743-49

No more published. First edition. Title-pages vary: those for nos.2-5 give a contents list and add: by Timothy Silence, Esq. [pseud. i.e. C. Hanbury Williams]. Folding plate "The female voluntee...

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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. 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

Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)

1743-49

No more published. First edition. Title-pages vary: those for nos.2-5 give a contents list and add: by Timothy Silence, Esq. [pseud. i.e. C. Hanbury Williams]. Folding plate "The female voluntee...

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The rewards of vertue : A comedie

Fountain, John

1661

In verse. Apparently one of two editions (or issues) in this year (see B.M. catalogue, which mentions only one edition, likewise dated 1661, "By J.F.Gent."). Wing makes no mention of an edition (or ...

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The Foundling hospital for wit : Containing, the balance of Europe... With many curious pieces never before printed, and a general table of contents to the whole

Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)

1744

Timothy Silence is a pseudonym for C. Hanbury Williams.

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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

Hanbury Williams, Sir Charles (1708-1759)

1746

Timothy Silence is a pseudonym for C. Hanbury Williams.

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