http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/hornecj/litsci.htm
Literature And Science, by C. J. Horne, Jury Professor of English Language and Literature at Adelaide University (circa 1963). The essay explains the influences that refined English prose during the eighteenth century.

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_damrosch_britlit_2/0,5681,199748-,00.html
The companion website for The Longman Anthology of British Literature, edited by David Damrosch. In the Restoration and the 18th Century section, you can find an overview of the period, perspectives of different authors and a list of web resources for further research.

http://www.mylearning.org/samuel-pepys-and-the-great-fire-of-london-of-1666/interactive/1615/
An interactive game aimed at teaching children about the life of Samuel Pepys. The resource was developed by Museums of Sheffield in association with the National Portrait Gallery and focuses on the portrait of Samuel Pepys by John Halys. The site also includes downloadable resources for teachers and other learning aids for the study of 17th Century Britain.

http://www.history-magazine.com/spectator.html
An article by Jamie Pratt entitled To Enliven Morality with Wit: The Spectator, from the online edition of History Magazine. Pratt analyses how the journal influenced its age.