Toasts, rakes and cits, being portraits of maids, men & matrons fashionable and unfashionable about town in the eighteenth century

Sir Richard Steele was a writer of the early 18th century, known for his essays and plays. His work includes "The first ode of the second book of Horace paraphras'd," showcasing his skill in adapting classical texts. He was a significant voice in the development of English periodical literature.