...more to be depended on than his " History of his own Times ;" and the little work entitled, •• Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester," is worth both the larger ones taken together. Of this book Dr. Johnson says justly, I " The critic...

...one-and-thirty, he had exhausted the fund of life, and reduced himself to a state of weakness and decay. as produced a total change both of his manners and...salutary conferences is 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...

...opinions, and the course of his life, and from whom he received such conviction of the reasonableness of moral duty, and the truth of Christianity, as produced...manners and opinions. The account of those salutary consequences is given by Burnet in a book entitled ' Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl...

...Reiffeiiberg, Éloge de Jean des Roches. Bruxelles 1843. . . 450. John Karl of Rochester. Gilbert Burnet, Some passages of the life and death of John Earl of Rochester. London 1680. . . 286. 4° Job. Ge. Rodor. AG Ksestner, Elogium Joli. Ge. Rœderi. Gottingae 1764. ....

...manners and opinions. The account of those salutary consequences is given by 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...

...opinions, and the course of his life, and from whom he received such conviction of the reasonableness of moral duty, and the truth of Christianity, as produced...both of his manners and opinions." The account of these salutary conferences is given by Burnet in a book 1 Some Passages in the Life and Death of John,...

...opinions, and the course ol his life, and from whom he received such conviction of the reasonableness of moral duty, and the truth of Christianity, as produced...The account of those salutary conferences is given oy Burnet in a book, entitled, "Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester," which...

...account of Lord Rochester, we refer the reader to a small volume published by Dr. Bnrnet, entitled " Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester;" "a book, which," as Dr. Johnson says, " the critic ought to read for iiseleganee.'the philosopher for...

...englischen Poesie von der Mitte des 14. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts." (Darmstadt, 1855) und Burnet in „Some passages of the life and death of John Earl of Rochester." Zu bedauern ist dabei, dass Thackeray in seinen „English Humorists" sich nur auf das 18. Jahrhundert,...

...account of Lord Rochester, we refer the reader to a small volume published by Dr. Burnet, entitled, " Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester;" " a book, which," as Dr. Johnson says, " the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher...