Excerpt from The Critical Review, or the Annals of Literature, Vol. 10: Series the Third; January, 1807 Richardson 3 Poems, 610 dreadful discharge of blank cartridges, and again is stan tled at the spectre forms of Fingal, Starno, and other stag ring heroes. There is, doubtless, something very attractive in this variety of spectacle, and, at the time, we willingly overlook any defects, however glaring, In the execution, of the several groups, satisfied With the 'general effect of the whole contrivancef When reason however begins to as sume her sway over the impressions of sense, a revolution of sentiment often takes place in the mind, and we are apt to feel surprise, not unmixed with shame, at the easy liberalit y with which we bestowed our commendation. 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.