England in the Eighteenth Century

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Excerpt from England in the Eighteenth Century: Essays in Verse Though these Essays attempt to present only a few aspects of English life in the Eighteenth Century, I hope the Reader may find some sort of connection between them. If not, the fault is miner, for the period has a unity, which, however hard to define, ought to be reflected in whatever is written about its history, manners and opinions. Sir Leslie Stephen said that the Century began in 1688 and ended in 1832, and surely he was right, Revolution and Reform are its natural boundaries. So I have added a Prologue and an Epilogue, to include those portions of the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries which really belong to the Eighteenth. And yet, in a sense, the deaths of Pitt and Fox marked the close of the era, for with them - except that Sheridan still lived - ended the race of the great men, the Giants of the Century. Nor has England since seen their like. The meaning of an age must first be sought in its own literature and art, but let me admit my obligations to many modern interpreters from Lord Macaulay on wards, - too many to enumerate. Those who take an interest in these times will easily recognise to whom I have been indebted, and how great is the debt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.