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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, & a small House at Richmond in Surrey, to live in, for the better support of himself and Family.

Title
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 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, & a small House at Richmond in Surrey, to live in, for the better support of himself and Family.
Author
Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756.
Publication
London : printed for J. Roberts, in Warwick-Lane; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, M.DCC.XXX. [1730]

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Gale (Firm)
Description
[2],vi,20p.; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756
Note
  • Price from imprint: Price, Three Pence.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642724818
  • T90233
Author
Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756.
Title
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 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, & a small House at Richmond in Surrey, to live in, for the better support of himself and Family.
Imprint
London : printed for J. Roberts, in Warwick-Lane; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, M.DCC.XXX. [1730]
Edition
The tenth edition, corrected. To which is added, some account of the life of the author.
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T90233.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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