 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 pagina’s
...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." (g) Eph. ii. a the cares, or idolizing the amusements of this world, they may be equally distant from... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1830 - 88 pagina’s
...MATTHEW HALE, AND THE EARL OF ROCHESTER, with Portraits, 4s. boards. " Burnet's Life of Rochester, the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher...for its arguments, and the saint for its piety."— Dr. JoAiuon. " Sir Matthew wa«, for the brightness and solidity of his• genius, the variety and... | |
 | 1832 - 616 pagina’s
...much animadversion, is highly illustrative of the fervour, talent, and honesty of its author ; whose Account of the Life and Death of the Earl of Rochester,...elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saiut for its piety. WILLIAM WAKE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. THIS eminent prelate was born in 1657,... | |
 | 1832 - 592 pagina’s
...fervour, talent, and honesty of its author ; whose Account of the Life and Death of the Earl of Hochester, Dr. Johnson says, is a book the critic ought to read...elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint tur its piety. WILLIAM WAKE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. I HIS eminent prelate was born in 1657, at Blandford,... | |
 | 1832 - 550 pagina’s
...and Death of the Earl of Rochester, which has been characterized by Dr. Johnson, as ' a book which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety!' There is indeed reason to conclude that this young nobleman was, through divine mercy, the subject... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1833 - 458 pagina’s
...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." SAMUEL JOHNSON. SOME PASSAGES THE LIFE JOHN EARL OF ROCHESTER. JOHN WILMOT, earl of Rochester, was... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 492 pagina’s
...of Rochester, nothing could easily be added to the encomium of Dr. Johnson : ' It is a work, 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 abridgment.' In the sermon at Mr. Boyle's funeral,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1833 - 690 pagina’s
...Memoir itself, Dr. Johnson's encomium must be familiar to most of our readers : ' It is a work which the critic ' ought to read for its elegance ; the philosopher, for its argu' ments ; and the saint, for its piety.' The Life of Hale is, however, a more finished piece of... | |
 | 1833 - 578 pagina’s
...Memoir itself, Dr. Johnson's encomium must be familiar to most of our readers: ' It is a work which the critic ' ought to read for its elegance; the philosopher, for its argu' ments; and the saint, for its piety. ' 1 The Life of Hale is, however, a more finished piece... | |
 | William Thomas Lowndes - 1834 - 1082 pagina’s
...Ib80. 8vo. 4s. First edition, with a portrait of the Earl by R. White. Dent, pt. i. 305, U. • ТЫ« the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.' — Wr. Johimm. Reprinted in the sixth volumeof Wordsworth's Kcclesiastical Biography and very frequently... | |
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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. 
