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 steadfast mind Pursued his purposes."- TAYLOR, Philip Van Artevelde. 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. 1BOTHFCA REGLA MONACENSIS. Bayerische Stereotyped by New England Type and Stereotype Foundery, BOSTON. |