MEMOIRS

OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

SIR RICHARD STEELE,

SOLDIER, DRAMATIST, ESSAYIST, AND PATRIOT,

WITH

HIS CORRESPONDENCE, AND NOTICES OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES,
THE WITS AND STATESMEN OF QUEEN ANNE'S TIME.

BY

HENRY R. MONTGOMERY,

AUTHOR OF "THOMAS MOORE: HIS LIFE, WRITINGS, AND CONTEMPORARIES,"
"ISAAC BICKERSTAFF," ETC.

TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM P. NIMMO.

1865.

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ΤΟ

THE LORD DUFFERIN AND CLANDEBOYE

ONE OF H.M. SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR INDIA, LORD-LIEUTENANT OF DOWN, ETC.,

WHO,

AS A DESCENDANT OF

SHERIDAN'S

(A NAME IN WHICH, WITH RARE GOOD FORTUNE, GENIUS

HAS BEEN HEREDITARY,)

AND ONE

WHO HAS HIMSELF ACQUIRED APPLAUSE AS A MEMBER OF THE
REPUBLIC OF LETTERS,

IS A FITTING SPONSOR OF A

WORK ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND AGE OF

STEELE,

These Volumes are Suscribed,

WITH ONLY THE FEAR THAT THEY MAY NOT BE FOUND WORTHY OF

THE FAVOUR SO KINDLY ACCORDED,

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S

OBLIGED AND VERY OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.