THE

OF

SIR RICHARD STEELE;

INCLUDING

HIS FAMILIAR LETTERS

TO HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS;

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

FRAGMENTS OF THREE PLAYS;

TWO OF THEM UNDOUBTEDLY STEELE'S,
THE THIRD SUPPOSED TO BE ADDISON'S.

FAITHFULLY PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINALS;

AND ILLUSTRATED WITH

LITERARY AND HISTORICAL ANECDOTES,

BY JOHN NICHOLS, F. S. A. E.&P.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY AND FOR JOHN NICHOLS AND SON,

RED LION PASSAGE, FLEET-STREET;

AND SOLD BY MESSRS. LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1809.

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