Sir Richard Steele

Essayist and playwright, 1672-1729

Cited as Steele. — 12 quotations

I thought their allegation but reasonable.

Before you go any farther.

A wretched and apostate state.

A gentleman that is very singular in his behavior.

It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.

A treatise against the cravat and berdash.

He grew careless of himself.

Not one case in the reports of our courts.

If you want to sell, here is your chap.

Their congratulations and their condolences.

The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded.

I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders.