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

People / Organizations

• Stephen Duck (Author)

Imprint

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] The seventh edition, corrected. To which is added, some account of the life of the author.; ..

Publication year

1730

ESTC No.

T42656

Grub Street ID

271426

Description

vi,3-32p. ; 8°.

Note

Price from imprint: Price Six Pence.