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<p> A famous English essayist, born, the son of an attorney, in Dublin; educated as a foundationer at the [[Charterhouse]] and at Oxford; enamoured of a soldier's life, enlisted as a cadet in the Life Guards; in the following year received an ensigncy in the Coldstream Guards, and continued in the army till 1706, by which time he had attained the rank of a captain; a good deal of literary work was done during his soldiering, notably "The [[Christian]] Hero" and several comedies; appointed Gazetteer, and for some two years was in the private service of the Prince Consort, [[George]] of Denmark; began in 1709 to issue the famous tri-weekly paper the <i> Tatler </i> , in which, with little assistance, he played the part of social and literary censor about town, couching his remarks in light and graceful essays, which constituted a fresh departure in literature; largely aided by Addison, his old school companion, he developed this new form of essay in the <i> Spectator </i> and <i> [[Guardian]] </i> ; sat in [[Parliament]] as a zealous Whig, and in George I.'s reign was knighted and received various minor court appointments; continued a busy writer of pamphlets, &c., but withal mismanaged his affairs, and died in Wales, secured from actual penury by the property of his second wife; as a writer shares with Addison the glory of the [[Queen]] Anne Essay, which in their hands did much to purify, elevate, and refine the mind and manners of the time (1671-1729). </p> | <p> A famous English essayist, born, the son of an attorney, in Dublin; educated as a foundationer at the [[Charterhouse]] and at Oxford; enamoured of a soldier's life, enlisted as a cadet in the Life Guards; in the following year received an ensigncy in the Coldstream Guards, and continued in the army till 1706, by which time he had attained the rank of a captain; a good deal of literary work was done during his soldiering, notably "The [[Christian]] Hero" and several comedies; appointed Gazetteer, and for some two years was in the private service of the Prince Consort, [[George]] of Denmark; began in 1709 to issue the famous tri-weekly paper the <i> Tatler </i> , in which, with little assistance, he played the part of social and literary censor about town, couching his remarks in light and graceful essays, which constituted a fresh departure in literature; largely aided by Addison, his old school companion, he developed this new form of essay in the <i> Spectator </i> and <i> [[Guardian]] </i> ; sat in [[Parliament]] as a zealous Whig, and in George I.'s reign was knighted and received various minor court appointments; continued a busy writer of pamphlets, &c., but withal mismanaged his affairs, and died in Wales, secured from actual penury by the property of his second wife; as a writer shares with Addison the glory of the [[Queen]] Anne Essay, which in their hands did much to purify, elevate, and refine the mind and manners of the time (1671-1729). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_80060"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/steele,+sir+richard Sir Richard Steele from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80060"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/steele,+sir+richard Sir Richard Steele from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:02, 15 October 2021
Sir Richard Steele [1]
A famous English essayist, born, the son of an attorney, in Dublin; educated as a foundationer at the Charterhouse and at Oxford; enamoured of a soldier's life, enlisted as a cadet in the Life Guards; in the following year received an ensigncy in the Coldstream Guards, and continued in the army till 1706, by which time he had attained the rank of a captain; a good deal of literary work was done during his soldiering, notably "The Christian Hero" and several comedies; appointed Gazetteer, and for some two years was in the private service of the Prince Consort, George of Denmark; began in 1709 to issue the famous tri-weekly paper the Tatler , in which, with little assistance, he played the part of social and literary censor about town, couching his remarks in light and graceful essays, which constituted a fresh departure in literature; largely aided by Addison, his old school companion, he developed this new form of essay in the Spectator and Guardian ; sat in Parliament as a zealous Whig, and in George I.'s reign was knighted and received various minor court appointments; continued a busy writer of pamphlets, &c., but withal mismanaged his affairs, and died in Wales, secured from actual penury by the property of his second wife; as a writer shares with Addison the glory of the Queen Anne Essay, which in their hands did much to purify, elevate, and refine the mind and manners of the time (1671-1729).
