 | Religion - 1843 - 846 pages
...Christian Observer. DR. JOHNSON, writing of Bishop Bumet's Life of Rochester, says, " It is a book which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." This testimony is true ; though, unhappily, the book is not unexceptionable, as it does not soar bevoud... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 pages
...Burnet, in a book entitled, " Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester," which xC W T T ] T lie piety. It were an injury to the reader to offer him an abridgment. He died, July 26, 16SO, before... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Apologetics - 1846 - 522 pages
...recommended in more appropriate terms than those of Dr. Johnson, who said, " the critic ought to read it for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." " Eph. ii. 3. under consideration, from those to whom the Gospel was first preached. The process in... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1847 - 566 pages
...converting Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, of whom he afterwards published a memoir, which, Dr. Johnson says, " the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." He is best known, however, for his " History of His Own Time," a work which, though remarkable in itself,... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - Biography - 1853 - 566 pages
...Bishop Burnet published the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester; a book which Dr. Johnson says, " the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." WILMOT, (John Eardley,) a learned judge, was born at Derby, in 1709, and educated at Lichficld-school,... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Great Britain - 1853 - 568 pages
...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 Lord Rochester. [1'epys... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1854 - 264 pages
...converting Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, of whom he afterwards published a memoir, which, Dr. Johnson says, " the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." He is best known, however, for his " History of His Own Time," a work which, though remarkable in itself,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...given by Burnet in a book entitled 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 offer him an abridgment. He died July 26, 1680, before he had completed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...Burnet in a book entitled ' Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester,' 5 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* He died July 26, 1680, before he had completed... | |
 | 1856 - 796 pages
...the rough Aome." entitled, " Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester, whieh the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." What Johnson could thus recommend, must have been good, even though the public had not set its seal... | |
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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. 
