 | 1825 - 778 páginas
...popular. It is a work " which (as Johnson said of Burnet's account of the conversion of Rochester) the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." It foils the sceptic at his own weapons, and makes him feel that reason and philosophy are notfor him,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 páginas
...a book entitled, Some Passages of the Life and Death of 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 abridgment. He died July 26, 1680, before he had completed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 páginas
...book, intituled, "Some Passages of the Life and Death of 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 abridgment. He died July 26, 1680, before he had completed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 512 páginas
...entitled, Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester, which the critick ought tq 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... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 694 páginas
...life and death of the Earl, — a book which, to use Dr Johnson's beautiful and expressive enlogium, the critic ought to read for its elegance, — the philosopher for its argument, — and the saint for its piety. As the main object of this and the succeeding narratives... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - 1827 - 360 páginas
...life and death of the Karl, — a book which, to use Dr Johnson's beautiful and expressive eulogium, the critic ought to read for its elegance, — the philosopher for its argument, — and the saint for its piety. As the main object of this and the succeeding narratives... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1828 - 540 páginas
...Account of the Life and Death of the Earl of Rochester," pronounced by Dr. Johnson to be a book, " which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." During the affair of the popish plot, Dr. Burnet was often consulted by king Charles upon the state.... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1829 - 360 páginas
...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 abridgement. He died July 26, 1680, before he had completed... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 páginas
...direction, on his death-bed, by Gilbert Burnet, DD, London, 1680; a work, says Dr. Johnson, " which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety." However familiar this little book may be to some of the readers of the Friend, there are probably many... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 342 páginas
...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." Gp) Eph. ii. 3. the cares, or idolizing the amusements of this world. .they may be equally distant... | |
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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. 
