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Poems on several subjects / written by Stephen Duck, lately a poor thresher in a barn in the county of Wilts, at the wages of four shillings and six pence per week ; which were publickly read by the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, in the drawing-room at Windsor Castle, on Friday the 11th of September, 1730, to her Majesty, who was thereupon most graciously pleased to take the author into Her royal protection, by allowing him a salary of thirty pounds per annum, and a small house at Richmond in Surrey, to live in, for the better support of himself and family.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3429.D35 A73 1730e
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 32 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The fifth edition, corrected.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Roberts ... and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1730.
- Cited in:
- Foxon, p. 200
- OCLC:
- 16945473
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