Some Passages in the Life and Death of John, Earl of RochesterW. Nicholson, 1810 - 144 páginas |
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... Lord Rochester's life . The very high encomium bestowed upon this book by Dr Samuel Johnson , the greatest name in literature , in his Lives of the English Poets , has induced the bookseller to reprint it , with the addition of the same ...
... Lord Rochester's life . The very high encomium bestowed upon this book by Dr Samuel Johnson , the greatest name in literature , in his Lives of the English Poets , has induced the bookseller to reprint it , with the addition of the same ...
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... Lord Wilmot , so often mentioned in Clarendon's History , was born April 10 , 1647 , at Ditch- ley in Oxfordshire . After a grammatical education at the school of Burford , he en- tered a nobleman into Wadham College in 1659 , only ...
... Lord Wilmot , so often mentioned in Clarendon's History , was born April 10 , 1647 , at Ditch- ley in Oxfordshire . After a grammatical education at the school of Burford , he en- tered a nobleman into Wadham College in 1659 , only ...
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... Lord Rochester was eminent for the vi- gour of his colloquial wit , and remarkable for many wild pranks and sallies of extravagance . The glare of his general character diffused itself upon his writings ; the compositions of a man whose ...
... Lord Rochester was eminent for the vi- gour of his colloquial wit , and remarkable for many wild pranks and sallies of extravagance . The glare of his general character diffused itself upon his writings ; the compositions of a man whose ...
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... Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and per- haps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any ...
... Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and per- haps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any ...
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... lord himself not only releafed me from all obligation of this kind , when I waited or him in his last sickness a few days before he died , but gave it me in charge not to fpare him in any thing which I thought might be of use to the ...
... lord himself not only releafed me from all obligation of this kind , when I waited or him in his last sickness a few days before he died , but gave it me in charge not to fpare him in any thing which I thought might be of use to the ...
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Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester, 1680 ... Gilbert Burnet Vista de fragmentos - 1972 |
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againſt alſo anſwer appetites becauſe believe beſt bleffed Chrift Chriſtianity confcience confeffed confider converfion courfe courſe death defign defired difcourfe divine eafily Earl EARL OF ROCHESTER Edward Spragge effect eſpecially expreffed expreffions faid fame fancy fatire fcriptures fecret feemed fenfe fent fervice fhall fhew fhould fickneſs fince fincerity finner fome foon foul fpirits ftate ftrength ftrong fubject fuch fuffer fure goodneſs Goſpel greateſt heaven himſelf holy honour impreffions inftances itſelf juſt laft laſt lefs lived Lord Lord Wilmot meaſure mercy mind miſchief moft moſt muft muſt myſelf myſteries nature neceffary neral occafion paffion perfon perfuaded philofophy piety pleaſed pleaſure poffible prayers prefent promiſes raiſe reaſonable refolved religion repentance ROBERT PARSONS ROCHESTER ſaid Saviour ſeemed ſenſe ſhall ſome ſpare ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch teftimony thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought told true underſtand unreaſonable uſe