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The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge

Including several pieces never before published: with an account of his life and character, by his son, George Owen Cambridge
Cambridge, Richard Owen (1717-1802)

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ON THE MARRIAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERICK PRINCE OF WALES:
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MISCELLANEOUS VERSES,
  
LEARNING:
  
SOCIETY;
  
TOBACCO;
  
ARCHIMAGE;
  
AN APOLOGY FOR WRITING VERSE;
  
TO WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, Esq.
  
TO LORD BATHURST.
  
THE DANGER OF WRITING VERSE;
  
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LORD DUCIE AND HIS HORSE.
  
THE AUTHOR TO THE SCRIBLERIAD.
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THE SCRIBLERIAD:
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THE SCRIBLERIAD.
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BOOK I.
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III.
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BOOK IV.
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BOOK V.
 VI. 
BOOK VI.
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MISCELLANEOUS VERSES,
  
A DIALOGUE
  
THE INTRUDER.
  
THE FABLE OF JOTHAM:
  
THE FAKEER:
  
AN ELEGY
  
A DIALOGUE
  
VERSES
  
ON THE APPOINTMENT OF LORD TEMPLE TO BE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.
  
AGAINST INCONSTANCY;
  
TO Mr. WHITEHEAD,
  
EPILOGUE SPOKEN AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE,
  
EPILOGUE SPOKEN AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE,
  
A DIALOGUE
  
TO OZIAS HUMPHRY, Esq.
  
Mr. WILKES'S SOLILOQUY,
  
ON PAINTING;
  
ON SEEING THE HEAD OF Sir ISAAC NEWTON,
  
TO A LADY WHO WAS VERY HANDSOME,
  
A PARODY OF ACHILLES' SPEECH,
  
A PARODY ON “DEATH AND THE LADY;”
  
AN INVITATION TO A BALL AT LADY COOPER'S:
  
ANSWER.
  
THE PROGRESS OF LIBERTY.
  
ON SEEING THIS MOTTO TO A FRENCH PAPER: “DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.”
  
TO A FRIEND
  
A FREE TRANSLATION OF BOILEAU;
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EPIGRAMS.
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1.
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2. ON MEETING AT MR. GARRICK'S
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3. QUIN'S DEATH.
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4. ACTEON NO CUCKOLD.
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5. IMITATION OF SHAKSPEARE.
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6. THE HISTORIAN IN LOVE:
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7. OCCASIONED BY THE CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH TOWARDS THE POPE IN THE YEAR 1794.
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8. ON SEEING A DECENT-LOOKING YOUNG WOMAN COME DOWN A STAIRCASE IN CLEMENT'S-INN:
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9. TO A YOUNG FRIEND,
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10. LINES GIVEN EXTEMPORE
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11. THE FOLLOWING FRENCH LINES
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13. ON SEEING A TAPESTRY CHAIR-BOTTOM BEAUTIFULLY WORKED BY HIS DAUGHTER FOR MRS. HOLROYD.
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14. A TRANSLATION
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The WORLD.
  
[Ye sages say, who know mankind]

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Mr. WILKES'S SOLILOQUY,

THE DAY BEFORE HIS ELECTION FOR CHAMBERLAIN OF LONDON: A PARODY on Cæsar's Speech in the Boat.

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LUCAN'S PHARSALIA, Lib. 5. l. 559.

THUS far my bark has found a prosp'rous gale,
And though in this my last attempt I fail,
I've done enough. Scotland has felt my pen,
Has felt and trembled in her darkest den.
Horne I've subdued, and Sawbridge to his shame
Is but my second in the lists of fame.
I've taught the mob the senate to defeat,
And, spite of rule and order, kept my seat.
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Of pow'r and profit I've enjoy'd my share,
Trustee, Receiver, Treasurer, Lord Mayor.
And since by these proud titles made so great
That Charon's boat shall groan beneath my weight,
What is't to me if 'tis ordain'd my lot,
Unburied with some creditor to rot,
I'll still have wine and women whilst alive,
For Christian burial let the vulgar strive.
My corse let bailiffs seize or surgeons tear,
My spirit the surviving world shall fear.
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