THE

BRITISH ESSAYISTS:

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY

A. CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOLUME XXI.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

M.DCCC.LV.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. 0. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

ADVENTURER.

-Tentanda via est; quâ me quoque possim Tollere humo, victorque virúm volitare per ora.

VIRG. GEORG. iii. 9.

On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go,
And leave the gazing multitude below.

No. 92-140.