"The eighteenth-century English, on the average, were an earnest, virile, original, unconventional, and energetic race."
— Georgian era

January 1, 1970

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18th century in EuropeHistorical eras19th century in the United Kingdom
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G. M. Trevelyan, 'The Age of Johnson', in A. S. Turberville (ed.), Johnson's England: An Account of the Life & Manners of His Age, Vol. I (1933), p. 1