 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...a book intituled, Some Passages of the Life and Dead %f John Earl of Rochester ; which the critick ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety. It^were an injury to the reader to offer him an abridgement. •:,.:: -_f;-,j He died July 26, 1680,... | |
 | Henry Kett - Literature - 1805 - 422 pages
...Burnet in a book, intituled, Some passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ; which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." Johnson's Life of Rochester, vol. ir, p. 6, 12mo. ject ; so it is very strongly confirmed by those... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 434 pages
...published Some Passages of the Life and. Death of John Earl of Rochester; a book, says Dt. Johnson, "which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." Lives of the Poets. An abstract from the bishop's remarks was printed for popular perusal, and called... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...of Rochester." — Of this work Dr Johnson passes the following high encomium. " It is a book, which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety. It were an injury to the reader to orler him an abridgment*." 7. The Life of Sir Matthew Hale, 1682.... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...Rochester."— Of this work Dr Johnson passes the following high (encomium. ' " It is a- book, which the critip ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety. It were an injury to the reader to pffer him ar1 abridgment*." 7. The Life of Sir Matthew Hale, 1682,... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - France - 1809 - 344 pages
...book mentioned by the bishop, Dr. Johnson pronounces the following eulogium: that it is one ' which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety. It were an injury to the reader to offer him an abridgment.' Life of Rochester. Lord Rochester died... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...to Hurnet's Life of that nobleman, " A book, which" Dr. Johnson says " the critic ought to read tor its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety ." Sec Johnson's Life of Rochester. " He gave likewise a " strict^charge to those persons, in whose... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...by Burnet in a book, entituled, Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester, which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety. It were an injury to the reader to ofter him an abridgment. He died July 26, 1680, before he had completed... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1810 - 514 pages
...profane Earl of Rochester, whose life was written by Bishop Burnet : " a book," says Dr. Johnson, " which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." Sr. John Lawrence, Knt. buried Nov. 14, 1638. Sir Thomas Lawrence, Bart. buried April 25, 1714. Anne... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1810 - 612 pages
...passages of the Life and Death of John, earl of Rochester ;" " a book," which, as Dr. John, son says, " the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." Murray's Poieer of Religion. RELIGIOUS COMMUNICATIONS. ON THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. Continued from page... | |
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Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester," which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety. 
