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Poems on several subjects [electronic resource] : 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 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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756.
Duck, Stephen.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (32p. )
Edition:
The eighth edition, corrected. To which is added, some account of the life of the author.
Other Title:
Poems on several subjects
Place of Publication:
Dublin : Printed by S. Powell for George Ewing, at the Angel and Bible, in Dame's-street, MDCCXXXI. [1731]
Notes:
Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, N25184.
OCLC:
508069106

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