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Excerpt from The Atheneum, or Spirit of the English Magazines, Vol. 13: April to October, 1823 A singular contrivance was resorted to in order to inform Romana of the state of affairs at home, so as to induce him to withdraw the Spanish troops from the Baltic, whither the insidious policy of Buonaparte had transported them. In proof of Mr. Southey's talents as a historian, we shall adduce only very short examples these, however, in our judgment, sufficiently attest his qualifications to be of the foremost or der, whether as they regard acuteness or comprehensiveness. Treating of the enthusiastic admirers of the early prom ise of the French Revolution, who in the end adhered so slavishly to the despot who blasted all its delusive prospects, Mr. S. Says finely. 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.