[Commonplace book], [circa 1750-1780 and 1813-1820].

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[Commonplace book], [circa 1750-1780 and 1813-1820].

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Manuscript, in several hands, of a collection of over a hundred lighthearted, satirical, and serious poems, primarily on the subjects of politics and women's conduct. Titles of poems include The choice, by a lady; A hymn to science; The maggotty cheese; and An apology for Mr Pitt. One entry titled Verses on ladies of quality is composed of satirical verses about female members of the English nobility, with their names disguised. Many of the poems are copied from journals and magazines, with their sources and dates identified. A poem titled By a young lady, for example, is annotated "From Grub Street Journal, June 7th 1733." The collection also contains several serious poems, in both English and Latin, by Sneyd Davies, accompanied by a note that the poems "were given to me by the author Sneyd Davies, accompanied by a pasted-in newspaper clipping of his death. Other authors represented in the collection include Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield, and Richard Roderick. Beginning on p. 125, the poems are in a later hand, and are dated ca. 1813-1820. They include several riddles and enigmas, including a set "by Miss C. Fanshaw"; and numerous sentimental poems, many for social occasions, including birthdays, album entries, and accompaniments to letters. This section of the manuscript also contains a large number of knitting recipes, including directions for knitting understockings, socks, worsted slippers, and a boa. Many of these directions are attributed to various acquaintances.

1 v. (230 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl, 1694-1773

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Born into the English aristocracy, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield had the family connections and wealth to live, in the words of the Dictionary of National Biography, as "politician, wit, and letter-writer." Upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714, his family connections enabled him to leave his life of travel and leisure to take up at the age of 20 what was the beginning of a fluctuating political career. Chesterfield was influential in government circles but the role of o...

Davies, Sneyd, 1709-1769

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Sneyd Davies, poet, classical scolar and cleric, was the second son of Dr Davies, Rector of Kingsland, Herefordshire. He was born at Shrewsbury in 1709 and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge he formed lasting friendships with Charles Pratt, later to become Lord Camden, the Lord Chancellor, and Frederick Cornwallis, who became Archbishop of Canterbury. Under the terms of his father's will he inherited the living at Kingsland at the age of just twenty-two, and after...

Roderick, Richard, -1756

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