 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 768 pages
...for Richard Chiswell, . . . 1680. 8°, A— N in eights, title on A 2, with a portrait by R. White. Some Passages of the Life and Death of . . . John Earl of Rochester. . . . London, Printed for Richard Chiswell. . . . MDCXCIII. 8°, A — N 4 in eights, with the same... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1883 - 942 pages
...Dorset, and others, much that is attributed to Rochester is probably spurious. Dr. Burnet published " Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester" (1681), and Dr. Johnson wrote his biography in "Lives of the Poets." His only son died a minor in 1681,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 492 pages
...for its piety.' In Johnson's answer to Boswell we have a play on the title of this work, which is, Some passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester. 2 In the passages from Johnson's Life of Prior, quoted ante, ii. 78, note 3, may be found an explanation... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...for its piety.' In Johnson's answer to Boswell we have a play on the title of this work, which is, Some passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester. * In the passages from Johnson's Life of Prior, quoted ante, ii. 78, note 3, may be found an explanation... | |
 | William Ralph Hall Caine - 1892 - 320 pages
...the fund of life. About this time he came under the influence of Dr. Burnet, who afterwards wrote, Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester. A lingering illness terminated in his death in 1680. He was a man of considerable attainments, and... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...That he still holds a place in English literature is due to his biographical and historical writings. Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester, should not perhaps be termed a biography, since it passes very rapidly over Rochester's career to dwell... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 pages
...That he still holds a place in English literature is due to his biographical and historical writings. Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester, should not perhaps be termed a biography, since it passes very rapidly over Rochester's career to dwell... | |
 | Columbia University. Libraries - 1897 - 74 pages
...illustribus scriptarum. Leidae, 1727. Sq. Q. 5 v. pi. Burnet, Gilbert, bp. of Salisbury. 1643-1715. Some passages of the life and death of John, earl of Rochester ; reprinted in facsimile from the edition of 1680, with an introductory preface by Lord Ronald Gower.... | |
 | 1897 - 524 pages
...illustribus scriptarum. Ltidae, 1727. Sq. Q. 5 v. pi. Burnet, Gilbert, bp. of Salisbury. 1643-1715. Some passages of the life and death of John, earl of Rochester ; reprinted in facsimile from the edition of 1680, with an introductory preface by Lord Ronald Gower.... | |
 | Thomas Longueville - 1902 - 388 pages
..."The account of these salutary consequences," says Johnson, " 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 for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for... | |
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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. 
