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3 unusual facts about Fleetwood Sheppard


Fleetwood Sheppard

At the same time, Sheppard was a favourite of the new Queen's, and John Oldmixon said that he made the Queen "very merry."

Charles Gildon, Thomas Rymer, and John Dennis dedicated volumes of literary criticism to Sheppard, and John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester regarded Sheppard as the only critic he needed for his verses.

He was also present when Matthew Prior was discovered reading Horace as a tap puller in a bar and sent to school to cultivate his talents.



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