Excerpt from A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Late William Taylor of Norwich, Vol. 1 of 2 This Memoir was originally undertaken with the design of prefixing it to a new edition of Mr. Taylor's "English Synonyms Discriminated;" but the materials were found too extensive and important to be compressed within such limits. Unseen and almost unknown, he exercised an influence over the public mind of this country, the effects of which are still progressively developing. It was by him that the vast stores of German literature were first laid open before us, and he first infused into our periodical criticism that new spirit which has rendered it the guide of intellect and the ruler of opinion. 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.