Authority Cited: Steele, Steele to Pope
Author name and dates: Richard Steele (1672-1729)
BKG Bio-tweet: Army officer; playwright; loose morals; Tatler: thrice weekly essays on manners 1709-10; sometime friend to Addison
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary); [BKG Note; one Steele cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 2, three steele cites identified as added in the 1773 Dict. indicated in bold italic below. Guardian cites not identified as Addison's in the Dict. appear to be by Steele]
The works of Alexander Pope, Esq; Vol. VI. Containing the second part of his letters, London : printed for T. Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row,. 1739 [BKG Note: the first "official" edition of the letters was 1737, but does not have Trumbull Ltr. VIII (caveat quote). SJ may have quoted from the 1739 or a later edition.]
The Guardian, the Fifth Edition, 1729, London: Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand [The edition used by SJ is unknown. Usually cited as Addison's Guardian in the Dict.]
Mr. Steele's apology for himself and his writings; Occasioned by his expulsion from the House of Commons, 1714, London: printed; and sold by R. Burleigh in Amen-Corner; gazetteer (def.) (p.81, see image below, line 2)
The dramatick works of Sir Richard Steele. Containing the following comedies, viz. The funeral; or, grief a-la-mode. The tender husband; or, the accomplish'd fools. The lying lover; or, the lady's friendship, 1723, London: printed for J. T. And sold by Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street;
Text: In every human incident besides/I am superior, and can chuse or leave.
The Spectator; [BKG Note: Steele contributed or edited about half of Addison's Spectator issues. These were generally attributed as "Addison's Spectator" when cited in the 1755 Dict.]
Author name and dates: Richard Steele (1672-1729)
BKG Bio-tweet: Army officer; playwright; loose morals; Tatler: thrice weekly essays on manners 1709-10; sometime friend to Addison
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary); [BKG Note; one Steele cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 2, three steele cites identified as added in the 1773 Dict. indicated in bold italic below. Guardian cites not identified as Addison's in the Dict. appear to be by Steele]
The works of Alexander Pope, Esq; Vol. VI. Containing the second part of his letters, London : printed for T. Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row,. 1739 [BKG Note: the first "official" edition of the letters was 1737, but does not have Trumbull Ltr. VIII (caveat quote). SJ may have quoted from the 1739 or a later edition.]
- Steele to Pope; ruminate (Ltr. I, June 1, 1712)
The Guardian, the Fifth Edition, 1729, London: Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand [The edition used by SJ is unknown. Usually cited as Addison's Guardian in the Dict.]
- Guardian 114 [BKG Note: a continuation of number 98); bookworm [Guardian 114 is also cited as Addison's Guardian under deter, edification, emblem, epistolary, redound, and orbiscular.]
- box (Vol. 2, Guardian 98, Friday July 3, 1713) [BKG Note: cited as Steele in the 1773 Dict., box quote cited as Addison's Guard. in 1755 Dict.; abstracted but accurate quote. Addison's Guardian 98 is also quoted under fiddle, hand, and instant.]
Mr. Steele's apology for himself and his writings; Occasioned by his expulsion from the House of Commons, 1714, London: printed; and sold by R. Burleigh in Amen-Corner; gazetteer (def.) (p.81, see image below, line 2)
The dramatick works of Sir Richard Steele. Containing the following comedies, viz. The funeral; or, grief a-la-mode. The tender husband; or, the accomplish'd fools. The lying lover; or, the lady's friendship, 1723, London: printed for J. T. And sold by Bernard Lintot between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street;
- The lying lover; or, the lady's friendship, Act the Fifth, Scene III: leave (inexact quote, perhaps from memory) [BKG Note: the edition used by SJ is unknown. There were also separate publications of the plays.]
Text: In every human incident besides/I am superior, and can chuse or leave.
The Spectator; [BKG Note: Steele contributed or edited about half of Addison's Spectator issues. These were generally attributed as "Addison's Spectator" when cited in the 1755 Dict.]
