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Richard Steele
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1671–1729 · 17th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician

Also known as: Sir Richard Steele, Ричард Стил, ريتشارد ستيل, 리처드 스틸, リチャード・スティール, 理查德·斯蒂尔

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Known works

  • An Original Canto of Spencer: Design'd as Part of His Fairy Queen, But Never ...
  • The correspondence of Richard Steele
  • Prentice Hall Literature--The British Tradition
  • The importance of Dunkirk consider'd
  • The conscious lovers (1824)