The Critical Review Or Annals Of Literature Volume 13 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Critical Review, or Annals of Literature, 1808, Vol. 13: Series the Third It is not enough that an historical style be faultless. It ought to taste of the times, and carry the reader along from one period to another as much by the diversity of manner, as of events. Home is not only glaringly defee tive himself in this'historical excellence, but by the cold and spiritless uniformity of his polished writings, has done much to confound the discriminating faculties of the age. As for the characteristic anecdotes of Rhodolph, which Mr. C. Boasts of having taken so much pains to collect, he need not have troubled himself to go to Vienna for them, since there are few of any importance which he might not have more easily found in every library in London, than at the capital of Austria. 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.