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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,
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THE SCRIBLERIAD:
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THE SCRIBLERIAD.
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MISCELLANEOUS VERSES,
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EPIGRAMS.
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The WORLD.

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8. ON SEEING A DECENT-LOOKING YOUNG WOMAN COME DOWN A STAIRCASE IN CLEMENT'S-INN:

A Parody of Jane Shore's Speech. Act 1st. Scene the last.

Yes! Man, that lawless libertine, may sin
In ev'ry corner of St. Clement's-Inn.
But Woman! if she clamber in the dark
The vice-worn staircase of some lawyer's clerk,
A writ of error blots her spotless name;
A habeas corpus ever damns her fame.
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