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Title: To Charles Pratt Esq now Lord Camden, 1747
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1743 (Ragnarsson)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Address to Charles Pratt, later Lord Camden, reviewing their
long friendship, regretting the passing of youth, and urging
him to win fame in the world
Title: Verses address'd to old Camden's picture, at Lord Camden's in
Kent. Apr. 1766
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1766 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Extravagant praise of Lord Camden, formerly Charles Pratt,
addressed to a portrait of his late father Sir John Pratt. With
a prose note "This picture (an original) which formerly hung in
the same house in Camden's time, was lately made a present of,
to L
Title: To the Hon and Rev. Mr F. Cornwallis, now Lord Bishop of
Lichfield. 1747
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1743 (Ragnarsson)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: On the need to follow ambition's lead and live an active,
successful life, instead of succumbing to indolence and quiet
retirement, regretting that he himself has not seized his
opportunities. With note at end: "The verses to Lord Viscount
Bateman to be
Title: To my friend and neighbour Dr Thomas at Presteign Radnorshire 1744
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1744 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Celebration of the pleasures of literature and philosophy,
enjoyed in friendship, praising the achievements of the writers
of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome
Title: Caradoc or Caractacus 1757 [substituted for 1747]
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1757 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Imagined account of the ancient British chief Caractacus's
defiance when brought at last to Rome, praising his heroism and
wishing the English army presently fighting a war against France
could be similarly inspired
Title: On Mr Adams's villa near Bath
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1763 (Ragnarsson)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: To the River Avon, congratulating it on the pleasant scenes
through which it has to pass, contrasted with the decayed
glories on the banks of rivers in Greece and Italy
Title: To N.Harding Esq of Knolle Hills, Derbyshire, 1748
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1748 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Reflections on Anglesey, Wales, formerly the home of druids, now
of Welshmen who still hate the English; in consequence
recommending Hardinge to stay at home among the gentler
beauties of Derbyshire.
Title: To T.Anson Esq at Shutbro', Staffordshire
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Address seemingly to Thomas Anson of Shugborough Hall,
Staffordshire, urging him to rest content at home after his
travels and to recall in memory the artistic splendours he has
seen
Title: Caducan and Dr Mills
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Imagined dialogue between a monument to the 13th-century Welsh
bishop Cadwgan, and the antiquary Dr Jeremiah Milles, in which
the former laments being brought from Dore Abbey to London by
Lord Bateman, and the latter chastises it for ingratitude;
implicit
Title: To Mr Southwell on his marriage with Lady Eliz Cornwallis, July
1753
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1753 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Congratulating Mr Southwell on his marriage to Lady Elizabeth
Cornwallis, extravagantly praising the bride's beauty and virtues
Title: On the Honourable Miss Cornwallis's, now Lady Betty Southwell's,
carpet
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 175-
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: In praise of a carpet apparently woven or embroidered by Lady
Betty Southwell (formerly Cornwallis), regretting how few
British women choose cultured or artistic occupations in
preference to dances and card-games
Title: To R. Mounteney, Baron of Exchequer in Ireland
Author: Davies, Sneyd
Attribution: Sneyd Davies
Date(s): 1737 (Ragnarsson)
Manuscript: Lt q 19
Contents: Lighthearted expression of amazement that his friend Richard
Mounteney (or Mountney) should have been made a Baron of the
Exchequer in Ireland, congratulating him and disclaiming any
such high ambitions for himself