Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… 24 Aug. 1711. 3 . Spectator 97, 21 June 1711. Another feature of his life was his long-standing friendship with Joseph Addison, with whom he collaborated on the celebrated periodicals The Tatler (1709-10, with Steele as the major partner), The Spectator (1711-12) and The Guardian (1713). He and Addison were associated with Child’s Coffee House and were also members of the Whig Kit-Kat Club, which was both … may have been the price for Steele remaining as stamp commissioner when the Tories gained power in 1710), Steele and Addison established The Spectator , which was more ostensibly impartial (though it deliberately sought to moderate …
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