A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 3 of 3: Part the First; Containing a Sketch of the Revolutions and Improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature, During That Period (Classic Reprint

Excerpt from A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 3 of 3: Part the First; Containing a Sketch of the Revolutions and Improvements in Science, Arts, and Literature, During That Period The poetic diction and versification Of several modern languages have been much enriched and refined during the period under review. Of these improvements it may be proper to take some brief notice, befoie we proceed to consider the parti culai specimens Of poetica Genius which belong to this age. During the centflry in question, English versiii cation has been greatly improved. Though Dry den, 'at the Close of the preceding century, had done much towards the promotion of this Object; yet the style Of English poetry was left by him in an irregular, harsh, and incorrect state. He was succeeded by Mr. Pope, whose successful exertions to polish, refine, and regulate the language of our poetry, are well 'if Dryden displayed more vigour of gemns and more s'ublimity of con ception than Pope, the latter undoubtedly exhibits a degree of correctness and elegance Of diction. 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.