Some Passages in the Life and Death of John, Earl of RochesterW. Nicholson, 1810 - 144 páginas |
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... mind , he never , except in his paroxysms of intem- perance , was wholly negligent of study ; he read what is considered as polite learning so much , that he is mentioned by Wood as the greatest scholar of all the nobility . Some- times ...
... mind , he never , except in his paroxysms of intem- perance , was wholly negligent of study ; he read what is considered as polite learning so much , that he is mentioned by Wood as the greatest scholar of all the nobility . Some- times ...
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... mind which study might have carried to excellence . What more can be expected from a life spent in ostentatious contempt of regularity , and ended before the abilities of many other men began to be displayed ? THE THE PREFACE .. THE ...
... mind which study might have carried to excellence . What more can be expected from a life spent in ostentatious contempt of regularity , and ended before the abilities of many other men began to be displayed ? THE THE PREFACE .. THE ...
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... mind was illuminated with better thoughts , he counted them madness and folly . But , when the powers of religion came to operate on him , then he added a deteftation to the con- tempt he formerly had of them , fuitable to what became a ...
... mind was illuminated with better thoughts , he counted them madness and folly . But , when the powers of religion came to operate on him , then he added a deteftation to the con- tempt he formerly had of them , fuitable to what became a ...
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... mind fhould be fo far changed as to relish them . He came from his travels in the eighteenth year of his age , and appeared at court with as great ad- vantages vantages as most ever had . He was a graceful JOHN EARL OF ROCHESTER . 21.
... mind fhould be fo far changed as to relish them . He came from his travels in the eighteenth year of his age , and appeared at court with as great ad- vantages vantages as most ever had . He was a graceful JOHN EARL OF ROCHESTER . 21.
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... mind that the other was in his body , which led him to think nothing diverting that was not ex- travagant . And though , in cold blood , he was a generous and good - natured man , yet he would go far , in his heats , after any thing ...
... mind that the other was in his body , which led him to think nothing diverting that was not ex- travagant . And though , in cold blood , he was a generous and good - natured man , yet he would go far , in his heats , after any thing ...
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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