The beautiful works of the Reverend Mr. Stephen Duck, (the Wiltshire Bard:) Who was many Years a poor Thresher in a Barn, at Charleton in the County of Wilts, at the Wages of four Shillings and Six-Pence per Week, 'till taken Notice of by Her late Majesty Queen Caroline; who, on Account of his great Genius, gave him an Apartment at Kew, near Richmond, in Surry, and a Salary of Thirty Pounds per Annum; after which he studied the learned Languages, took Orders, and is now a dignified Clergyman. To which is prefixed, some account of his life and writings
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London :
printed for and sold by the Booksellers,
MDCCLIII. [1753]
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| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online Part 1.
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