 | Gilbert Burnet - 1782 - 162 pages
...who are running the fame courfe, it is much to be feared they are given up to a reprobate fenfe. SOME SOME PASSAGES OF THE LIFE and DEATH OF JOHN Earl of ROCHESTER. JOHN WILMOT, earl of Rochefter, was born in April, Anno Dom. 1648. His father was Henry earl of Rochefter,... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1803 - 534 pages
...VOLTAJRE, in his Melanges de Literature tt de Pbihf.fhif, chap, xxxiv. vol. iv. of hi; works. [<T] Bishop BURNET has given a particular account of this...written expressly on that subject, and entitled, Some Pasages of the Life and. Death of John Earl of Rochester, -written, ct bit desire, on bis death bed,... | |
 | Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 432 pages
...manners and opinions. The account of those salutary conferences is given by 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... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 468 pages
...all his servants into his room to come and hear. MSS. in Mus. Ashm.] • [Bishop Burnet published ' Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester;' "a book," says Dr. Johnson, " Valentinian, a Tragedy of John Fletcher, as it is altered by the late... | |
 | Library Company of Philadelphia (PHILADELPHIA) - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1807 - 682 pages
...undergo, till the consummation of all things. By Thomas Burnet. 2 vols. Glasgow, 1753. • 941, O. Some passages of the life and death of John, earl of Rochester. By Gilbert Burnet, DD London, 1G80. 1806, O. Practical sermons on various subjects. By Gilbert Burnet.... | |
 | 1810 - 596 pages
...a further 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... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1810 - 612 pages
...a, further 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. John, son says, " the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...manners and opinions. The account of those salutary conferences is given 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...manners and opinions. The account of those salutary conferences is given by Burnet in a 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... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1811 - 512 pages
...Philosoplue, chap. «xiv. vol. iv. of his works. •'• Bishop Barnet has given a particular aecount of this last and very affecting scene of the life...Life and Death of John, earl of Rochester, written, ;H his desire, on his death bed, by Gilbert Burnet, OD, eontaining more amply their conversations on... | |
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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. 
