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 Sixpence 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.
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London: printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, M.DCC.XXX. [1730]
- Publication year
- 1730-1730
- ESTC No.
- T42656
- Grub Street ID
- 271426
- Description
- vi,3-32p
- Note
- Price from imprint: Price Six Pence.Citation/references Foxon, p.200