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BL
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971500
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b725870
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| Main Entry
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Johnson, James William,1927-
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| Title & Author
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A profane wit : : the life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester /\ James William Johnson.
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| Publication Statement
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Rochester, NY :: University of Rochester Press,, 2004.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (x, 467 pages) :: illustrations (some color)
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| ISBN
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1282080547
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: 1580466761
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: 9781282080546
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: 9781580466769
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1580463363
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9781580463362
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-443) and indexes.
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| Contents
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A christian upbringing (1647-1655) -- A classical education (1656-1659) -- Growing debauched at Oxford (1660-1661) -- The grand tour (1662-1664) -- Campaigns and engagements (1665) -- Pursuits and conquests (1666) -- Man's estate (1667) -- The king's pimp (1668-1669) -- Love raised to extremes (1669-1670) -- The quintessence of debauchery (1671) -- Sallies in the country (1671-1672) -- Sodom (1673) -- New scenes of foppery (January-June 1674) -- Dog days and masques (July-December 1674) -- Reversals and recognitions (1675) -- Livy and sickness (January-April 1676) -- Flights and disguises (May-December 1676) -- Sessions poetical and political (1677) -- Scurvy alarums (1678) -- Extremity : on all sides (1678-1679) -- An end of communion (1679-1680) -- Sapience Angelical (May-July 1680).
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| Abstract
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Johnson wrote this generous biography - a veritable progress of a rake's rake - with enthusiasm and engaged fascination with Rochester (1647-1680) ... Johnson's forte, in addition to the extensiveness of his information, is his strong narrative sweep: this.
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Rochester, John Wilmot,1647-1680.
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Rochester, John Wilmot,1647-1680.
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| Subject
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Poets, English-- Early modern, 1500-1700, Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.
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Courts and courtiers.
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POETRY-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Poets, English-- Early modern-- Biography.
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Great Britain, Court and courtiers, Biography.
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Great Britain, History, Restoration, 1660-1688, Biography.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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821/.4B
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| LC Classification
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PR3669.R2J65 2004eb
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| NLM classification
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18.05bcl
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