One of the wealthiest clergyman in England, Dering held a number of lucrative preferments and inherited two large estates upon his father's death. He was actively involved in his duties as a clergyman. He published two Latin poems later in his life.

Dennis is the paradigm of the declining order of patronage. In the late 1690s, Dennis used his private income to establish himself as a "modish man of letters" in London, where he published occasional verse and odes. He sought out the leading literary figures of the day, including Dryden, Wycherley, and Congreve. Anxious about his dwindling fortune, Dennis also looked for patrons in statesmen; Dennis claimed in 1719 that his literary works were well received by several prominent Whigs (Earls of Godolphin and Halifax, Mr.

A respected preacher, Delany wrote verse, journalism, and sermons. He did not manage his finances well, and he was saved by his marriage in 1732 to Margaret Tenison, a rich widow who provided Delany with an annual income of £1600. When she died, he remarried and received a lucrative preferment. He was a member of Swift's circle, and many of his poem's reference his friend in some way. In his sermons, Delany often wrote on education, tithes, and vice.

Defoe was an incredibly prolific writer, though many of his attributions are questionable. He was an ambitious businessman, but throughout his life he was continually plagued with money troubles (he went bankrupt for £17,000 in 1692; in 1706 he owed over £2000), and was often in prison for debt. He wrote many political essays and poems, preaching moderation and making commentary on government, politics, and economics. Some of these works caused him to be arrested for seditious libel, leading to further money problems. He also worked as a spy.

Dawes was a classical scholar and an unsuccessful, belligerent schoolmaster. He wrote verse in Greek, publishing two poems on royal subjects while at Cambridge: one on the death of George I, in 1727, and the other on the marriage of Frederick, prince of Wales, in 1734. His Miscellanea critica was well-received.

The DNB suggests that Davys had some trouble with establishing herself as a writer in London, but by 1718 she had earned enough money to open up a coffee house in Cambridge. Davys wrote primarily novels, which were rather successful, in addition to some plays and poetry (collected in her Works and in LION). She often wrote under the pseudonym "by a lady" and dedicated her works to women.

While rector of Kingsland, Davies "amused himself with English and Latin poetical compositions" (DNB). He never collected his poems, but evidently wrote Latin verses, imitations of Horace's epistles, serious and burlesque imitations of Milton, verses in the style of Swift. Some poems appeared in collections of the day.

Early on, Davies achieved renown for her mastery of Welsh prosody, a skill then rarely associated with women acc. to the DNB. Some twenty poems of hers are extant in MS form, perhaps in addition to some anonymous MS pieces. Despite having two brothers, Davies received most of her father's estate, which gave her the financial independence to pursue her career as a poet and collector/copyist in preserving Welsh literary culture as well as the work of Females.

Dart was a generally unsuccessful person in both his career and his literary endeavors. His life was marked by a series of publications that received little acclaim.

Dalton was a clergyman known for his descriptive poems and his dramatic adaptation of Milton's Comus. He also wrote sermons and moral epistles.