Poems on several subjects: written by Stephen Duck, some time 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 Thomas 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 ordering him an Apartment at Kew, near Richmond in Surrey, to live in; and a Salary of Thirty Pounds per Annum, for his better Support and Maintenance. The ninth edition. To which are added, several poems by the same author, not in any former Editions. Also a copy of verses from a miller in Ireland to Stephen Duck.

People / Organizations

• Stephen Duck (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane; and sold by T. Astley, at the Rose over against the North Door of St. Paul's Church, 1733 [1742?]

Publication year

1742-1742

ESTC No.

N40444

Grub Street ID

27441

Description

31,[1]p. : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

One of three "ninth editions"; their order of publication has not been determined, but 1733 is considered to be a suspicious date for all of them (Foxon) especially this one, in light of the fact that William Allen's 'The landlord's companion', which wasn't published until 1742, is among the items advertised on p.[32].

In this edition, there is a full stop after "week", and the following pages have these press figures: 7-5; 12-3; 23-4; [32]-.

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price Six Pence.