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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.
 IV. 
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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328

ON SEEING THE HEAD OF Sir ISAAC NEWTON,

Richly gilt, and placed by a celebrated Optician upon the top of a certain Temple, in a conspicuous part of his Garden on Richmond Hill.

RESOLVED to rescue Newton's bust
From dull obscurity and dust,
Or the vile purpose of a sign,
And give the demigod a shrine;
First o'er his venerable head
The most resplendent gold I spread:
This obvious and apparent hint
Bespeaks him master of the mint
Next (that the hero might be placed
To shew his genius and my taste)
An insulated building's top
Affords his contemplation scope.
No walls his active eye t'imprison;
No trees to intercept th' horizon;
Prevent the planets path to trace,
And speculate on time and space.
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Here be he fixt till restless love
Of knowledge instigates to move,
To depths where nature gives to view
Her treasures to the chosen few.
For as he proves that all things tend
By their own nature to descend,
He, by the laws of gravitation,
May gain a more convenient station,
From whence his all-exploring eye,
In nature's secrets best may pry.
There undiscover'd yet, may find
The hidden origin of wind:
And, traced from their mysterious source,
Detect the fountains in their course;
With curious observation, mark well
How gushing waters foam and sparkle;
Compare their lustre as they pass
With hues of the prismatic glass:
Till, yielding now to his enquiries,
The yet impenetrable Iris,
Shall all the various colours shew,
That decorate her wond'rous bow.
 

Sir Isaac Newton was master of the mint.

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