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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.
 V. 
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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A DIALOGUE

BETWEEN SIR RICHARD LYTTELTON AND THE THAMES.

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In Imitation of Horace, B. 3. Ode 9.

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[WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1763.]

Sir Richard.
WHILE fondly I triumph'd alone in your breast,
And none else to your bosom so closely you prest,
No monarch on earth was so happy as I:
I envy'd no king of a land that was dry.

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Thames.
While you on my banks was contented to stray,
With the days and the months I roll'd glibly away.
Nor envy'd I then ('tis no treason I hope)
The Tweed her lord Bute, or the Tiber her Pope.

Sir Richard.
Piccadilly, it must be confest, has its charms:
By the prospect allured I deserted your arms:
Tho' the cielings were damp and the walls hardly dry,
I'd have gone there tho' Burroughs had sworn I should die.

Thames.
Your neighbour, Sir Charles, has employ'd ev'ry art
With resistless allurements to ravish my heart.
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To gaze on his charms with delight I could stay
From morning to night, from December to May.

Sir Richard.
Should your lover prove false and abandon your shore,
Rebuilding his house where 'twas founded before?
Should I, loaded with picture and statue and urn,
To present you the spoils of the Tiber, return?

Thames.
Tho' inconstant in thought you should often be stealing
To your loved Piccadilly, or even to Ealing:
Your walls would I clasp in my amorous arms,
And swell with delight to contemplate your charms.

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