"Captain THOMAS CORAM, whose Name will never want a Monument so long as this Hospital shall subsist, was born about the year 1668; a Man eminent in that most eminent Virtue, the Love of Mankind; little attentive to his private Fortune, and refusing many Opportunities of encreasing it, his Time and Thoughts were continually employed in endeavours to promote the public Happiness, both in this Kingdom and elsewhere, particularly in the Colonies of North America; and his Endeavours were many Times crowned with the desired Success. His unwearied Solicitation, for above Seventeen Years together, (which would have battled the Patience and Industry of any Man less zealous in doing Good) and his Application to Persons of Distinction of both Sexes, obtained at Length the Charter of the Incorporation (bearing Date the 17th of _October_, 1739) FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION OF EXPOSED AND DESERTED YOUNG CHILDREN, by which many Thousands of Lives may be preserved to the Public, and employed in a frugal and honest Course of Industry. He died the 29th of _March_, 1731, in the 84th Year of his Age, poor in worldly Estate, rich in good Works; was buried, at his own Desire, in the Vault underneath this Chapel; (the first here deposited) at the East End thereof; many of the Governors and other Gentlemen attending the Funeral, to do Honour to his Memory. Reader, thy Actions will shew whether thou art sincere in the Praises thou may'st bestow on him; and if thou hast Virtue enough to commend his Virtues, forget not to add also the Imitation of them." [A] For his other charitable projects, see Biog. Dict. 1784, vol. IV. p. 120. 3. The same engraving, for the _London Magazine_. 4. Characters and Caricaturas, "_to show that Leonardo da Vinci exaggerated the latter._" The subscription-ticket to Marriage à la Mode. * * * * * 1745. 1. Marriage à la Mode.[1] Six plates. In 1746 was published, "Marriage à la Mode: an Humourous Tale, in Six Canto's, in Hudibrastic Verse; being an Explanation of the Six Prints lately published by the ingenious Mr. _Hogarth. London_: printed for _Weaver Bickerton_, in _Temple-Exchange Passage_, in _Fleet-Street_, 1746. Price One Shilling." Of this pamphlet it will be sufficient to extract the Preface and the arguments of the several Canto's; the poem itself (if such it may be called) being extended to the length of 59 pages.