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POETICAL ESSAY

ON THE

EXISTING STATE OF THINGS.

AND FAMINE AT HER BIDDING WASTED WIDETHE WRETCHED LAND, TILL, IN THE PUBLIC WAYPROMISCUOUS WHERE THE DEAD AND DYING LAY,DOGS FED ON HUMAN BONES IN THE OPEN LIGHT OF DAYCurse of Kehama.

BY A
GENTLEMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
FOR ASSISTING TO MAINTAIN IN PRISON
MR. PETER FINNERTY,
IMPRISONED FOR A LIBEL.

LONDON:
SOLD BY B. CROSBY AND CO.
AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

1811.