Richard Steele
Biography
(1672-1729)
Essays by Richard Steele
With such inclinations in my heart I went to my closet yesterday in the evening, and resolved to be sorrowful
there [is] no Rule in the World to be made for writing letters, but that of being as near what you speak Face to Face as you can.
It is an inexpressible pleasure to know a little of the world, and be of no character or significancy in it.