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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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AN INVITATION TO A BALL AT LADY COOPER'S:

WRITTEN BY SIR GREY COOPER, 1781; And occasioned by Mr. Cambridge having spoken in Admiration of the Duchess of Devonshire.

EVER a just and elegant Spectator
Of beauty, grace, and all the charms of nature,
Your moral wit with Addison might share
The trust of Guardian to the British fair:
With you conversing with delight we feel
You could with perfect ease out Tatler Steele:
You've writ the best things in the World, and sure
Your taste surpasses far the Connoisseur:
A Rambler too you've been, and like the Bee,
Gather'd sweet spoils from ev'ry flow'r and tree.
At last you turn Adventurer, and fly
Too near the flame of Devonshire's bright eye.
That charming flame whose animating ray
Would tempt e'en Dædalus to soar astray:
Again your wings to burn you seem t' aspire;
You are no child, and do not dread the fire.
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But, ah! beware the fable's fatal end,
And e'er too late take caution from a friend:
Come hither with your Icarus and try
A flight together in our middle sky;
That region has its stars; tho' not so bright,
They shed a milder and a safer light.
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