Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

He also gained the favour of Robert Harley Earl of Oxford. 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer and politician remembered as co-founder with his friend Joseph Addison of the magazine The Spectator. [citation needed] Steele founded the magazine and although he and Addison collaborated Steele wrote the majority of the essays; Steele wrote roughly 188 of the 271 total and Addison 42 with 36 representing the pair's collaborative works.

Sir Richard Steele (bap.