ESSAYS,

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL;

OR,

Studies of Character.

BY

HENRY T. TUCKERMAN.

“ All my life long
I have beheld with most respect the man
Who knew himself, and knew the ways before him ;
And from amongst them chose considerately,
With a clear foresight, - not a blindfold courage ;
And, having chosen, with a steadfust mind
Pursued his purposes." — TAYLOR, Philip Van Arterelde.

BOSTON:

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

HENRY T. TUCKERMAN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON,

THE PATRIOT, .

LORD CHESTERFIELD,

THE MAN OF THE WORLD,

DANIEL BOONE,

THE PIONEER,

ROBERT SOUTHEY,

THE MAN OF LETTERS,

SIR KENELM DIGBY,

THE MODERN KNIGHT,

JACQUES LAFITTE,

THE FINANCIER,

EDMUND KEAN,

THE ACTOR, . .

THEODORE KÖRNER,

THE YOUTHFUL HERO,

ROBERT FULTON,

THE MECHANICIAN,

JOHN CONSTABLE,

THE LANDSCAPE PAINTER,

CHATEAUBRIAND,

THE POET OF THE OLD REGIME,

FRANCIS JEFFREY,

THE REVIEWER . .

ROGER WILLIAMS,

THE TOLERANT COLONIST,

RICHARD SAVAGE,

THE LITERARY ADVENTURER,

DE WITT CLINTON,

THE NATIONAL ECONOMIST,

JENNY LIND,

THE VOCALIST,

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