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Richard Steele (1672–1729)

Author of The Commerce of Everyday Life: Selections from The Tatler and The Spectator

Includes the names: Richard Steele, Richard Steele, Sir Richard Steele, Sir Richard Steele, Sir Richard Steele, Reverand Richard Steele

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The Commerce of Everyday Life: Selections from The Tatler and The… 222 copies, 1 review
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy (Norton Critical Edition) (Author) 179 copies, 3 reviews
Remedy for Wandering Thoughts in the Worship of God 59 copies
The Religious Tradesman; or Plain and Serious Hints of Advice 36 copies
The Character of an Upright Man 17 copies
The Conscious Lovers 17 copies, 1 review
The Tatler 16 copies
The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. [the Tatler]: vol. II 14 copies
The Guardian 12 copies
The Spectator Vol VII 10 copies
Tender Husband (Regents Restoration Drama S) 8 copies
Essays of Richard Steele 8 copies
Richard Steele (Mermaid Series) 5 copies
The Englishman 4 copies

Isaac Bickerstaff 4 copies

Sir Roger de Coverley Papers from the Spectator, The 4 copies

The Tatler and The Guardian * Complete in 1 Volume* 3 copies

The epistolary correspondence of Sir Richard Steele; including his… 3 copies

The Christian hero: an argument proving that no principles but those of… 3 copies

Steele Selections From The Tatler Spectator & Guardian 3 copies

The Tatler : selected essays 3 copies

The dramatick works of Sir Richard Steele 3 copies

Sir Roger de Coverley and The Spectator's Club 2 copies

The Spectator vol 2 of 2 2 copies

Selections from the Tatler and the Spectator 2 copies

The lying lover: or, the ladies friendship. A comedy. As it is acted at… 2 copies

Selections from the Works of Sir Richard Steele 2 copies

Les amans réservés, comédie en cinq actes & en prose 2 copies

The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers from the "Spectator" (Standard English… 2 copies

The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; : Vol. I.[-IV.] 2 copies

A letter to a member of parliament concerning the bill for preventing the… 2 copies

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The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the… (Contributor) 762 copies, 6 reviews
English Essays: From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay (Contributor) 245 copies, 2 reviews
Love Letters (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) (Contributor) 108 copies

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Steele, Richard

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Steele, Sir Richard

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Bickerstaff, Isaac

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St Peter's Church, Carmarthen, Wales, UK

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Dublin, Ireland

Place of death

Carmarthen, Wales, UK

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Dublin, Ireland (birth)

London, England, UK

Carmarthen, Wales, UK (death)

Education

Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, England

Oxford University (Christ Church)

Oxford University (Merton College)

Occupations

Member of Parliament

soldier (life Guards)

supervisor, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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