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Excerpt from The British Drama, a Collection of the Most Esteemed Dramatic Productions, With Biography of the Respective Authors; And a Critique on Each Play, Vol. 5 of 14: Containing Conscious Lovers, Tender Husband, Love for Love, Miser
Sir Richard Steele was born in the year 1676: he was a native of Ireland. One branch of the family possessed a considerable estate in the county of Wexford. His father was a counsellor at law in Dublin, and private secretary to James Duke of Ormond, but he was of English extraction; and his son, while very young, was sent to London, and put to school at the Charter-house, whence he was removed to Merton-college in Oxford, where he was admitted a post-master in 1692. His inclination and genius being turned to polite literature, he commenced author during his residence in the university, and finished a comedy, which he thought fit to suppress, as unworthy of his genius. Mr. Steele was well-beloved and respected by the whole society, and had a good interest with them after he left the university, which he did without taking any degree, in the full resolution to enter into the army. This step was highly displeasing to his friends; but the ardor of his passion for a military life rendered him deaf to any other proposal. Not being able to procure a better station, he entered as a private in the horse-guards, notwithstanding he thereby lost the succession to his Irish estate.
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