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Steele

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Steele  (stl), Mount
A mountain, 5,076.4 m (16,644 ft) high, in the St. Elias Mountains of southwest Yukon Territory, Canada.
Steele, Sir Richard 1672-1729.
Irish-born English writer of plays and essays who founded and edited The Tatler (1709-1711) and, with Joseph Addison, The Spectator (1711-1712).
Steele [stiːl]
n
(Biographies / Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729) M, Britishnational of birth: Irish, WRITING: essayist, THEATRE: dramatist) Sir Richard. 1672-1729, British essayist and dramatist, born in Ireland; with Joseph Addison he was the chief contributor to the periodicals The Tatler (1709-11) and The Spectator (1711-12)
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Noun1.SteeleSteele - English writer (1672-1729)          
Sir Richrd Steele


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It was while Addison was in Ireland that Richard Steele started a paper called the Tatler.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Austin Dobson's Selections from Steele (Clarendon Press) prefaced by his careful "Life.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
But Sir John did not sport long with the curiosity which he delighted to raise, for he had at least as much pleasure in telling the name, as Miss Steele had in hearing it.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
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