Download or read book The British Critic, 1829, Vol. 6 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The British Critic, 1829, Vol. 6: Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record With regard to the style of this performance we have little to sav, except that the author has succeeded in attaining perspicuity, which he professes to consider the chief object of his ambition. 4 To any of the higher excellencies of composition the work un questionably has no claim. It has but little of that vividness of narration - that vigour of statement, -that power of so mar shal ing a combination of events that they shall present themselves to the reader in the most instructive and commanding point of view, - little, in short, of that mastery over his materials which consti tutes an historian of the first order. The historical disquisitions which occasionally start tip appear to us to be somewhat per plexed, generally rather languid and diffuse, and capable of much advantageous abridgment and concentration. Indeed, the whole Work might well be compressed within considerably narrower limits without at all weakening its effect, or defrauding the public of any valuable information. 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.