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imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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Reprint of the rare 1843 edition. Tucker proposes a vigorous
defense of states-rights principles in the manner of John Taylor of
Caroline. A notably sophisticated argument, it balances detailed
analysis of the U.S. Constitution with criticism of Joseph Story,
Daniel Webster and other proponents of a powerful Federal
government. Henry St. George Tucker 1780-1848] served as U.S.
Congressman representing Virginia's 3rd District in the United
States House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819. He studied under
his father, St. George Tucker (editor of the American edition of
Blackstone's Commentaries), at the College of William & Mary,
and after he received his law degree, taught there himself. He was
later was captain of Cavalry in the War of 1812, President of
Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals, (1831-1841) and, later in
life, a prominent Professor of Law at the University of Virginia.
He founded the Honor System there. Works that grew out of the
classroom include Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia (1836-1837)
and the present work. Tucker County, West Virginia, is named in his
honor.
Having, by a train of fortunate circumstances, accomp-lished a
voyage, of which the history of mankind affords no example; having,
moreover, exerted every faculty of body and mind, to make my
adventures useful to my countrymen, and even to mankind, by
imparting to them the acquisition of secrets in physics and morals,
of which they had not formed the faintest conception, - I flattered
myself that both in the character of traveller and public
benefactor, I had earned for myself an immortal name. But how these
fond, these justifiable hopes have been answered, the following
narrative will show. On my return to this my native State, as soon
as it was noised abroad that I had met with extraordinary
adventures, and made a most wonderful voyage, crowds of people
pressed eagerly to see me. I at first met their inquiries with a
cautious silence, which, however, but sharpened their curiosity. At
length I was visited by a near relation, with whom I felt less
disposed to reserve. With friendly solicitude he inquired "how much
I had made by my voyage;" and when he was informed that, although I
had added to my knowledge, I had not improved my fortune, he stared
at me a while, and remarking that he had business at the Bank, as
well as an appointment on 'Change, suddenly took his leave.
T.G. Tucker was the founding professor of Classics and English at
Auckland University College before moving to Melbourne in 1885. His
1924 edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with full commentary and
notes, illuminates the power and beauty of the poetry for the
reader. Tucker's detailed introduction contains discussion of key
issues including the publication history of the Sonnets, the
question of whether they are autobiographical, the arrangement of
the First Series and factors of punctuation, spelling and
misreadings or misprints. Recognising the significance of any
corruptions of the text - however small - such as wrong emphasis or
attaching the incorrect meaning to a word or phrase, Tucker aims to
clear up as many as possible of the obscurities left by earlier
commentators. Concise and accessible notes draw key comparisons
between different editions, demonstrating for the reader the many
possible variations and their effect on the meaning, and our
understanding, of the Sonnets.
As professor of law at the College of William and Mary, St. George
Tucker in 1803 published "View of the Constitution"--the first
extended, systematic commentary on the United States Constitution
after its ratification and later its amendment by the Bill of
Rights. View was originally part of Tucker's "Americanized" or
"republicanized" edition of the multivolume "Commentaries on the
Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone." Generations of American
law students, lawyers, judges, and statesmen learned their
Blackstone--and also their understanding of the
Constitution--through Tucker. As Clyde N. Wilson notes, "Tucker is
the exponent of Jeffersonian republicanism . . . in contrast to the
commercial republicanism of New England that has since the Civil
War been taken to be the only true form of American philosophy." In
addition to the entirety of View, the Liberty Fund volume includes
seven other essays from Tucker's renowned edition of Blackstone.
These include "On the Study of Law," "Of the Unwritten, or Common
Law of England," and "Of the Several Forms of Government."St.
George Tucker (1752-1827) was an officer in the American
Revolutionary Army, a Professor of Law, justice of the Supreme
Court of Virginia, judge of the Federal District Court for Virginia
by appointment of President James Madison, progenitor of a long
line of jurists and scholars, and stepfather of John Randolph of
Roanoke.Clyde N. Wilson is Professor of History and Editor of The
Papers of John C. Calhoun at the University of South Carolina.
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