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Richard Steele

Note 14 — GRIEF À-LA-MODE.

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Wilks was Campley. In the Tatler (No. 182), Steele says: "To beseech gracefully, to approach respectfully, to pity, to mourn, to love, are the places wherein Wilks may be said to shine with the utmost beauty!" He had "a singular talent in representing the graces of nature" and "the easy frankness of a gentleman."

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