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durinof the time he reniauied there. With Savage 

 immortalised by his biographer, Johnson ? Yes, as 

 far as each had a distinctive mark of genius and 

 originaHty, which ranks higii amongst the quaHties of 

 the human mind, and each was very deficient in the 

 TO Trpeirov. But one was chiefly known by his poverty, 

 his misfortunes, and his wit ; the other inherited riches, 

 and might have set fortune's malice at defiance. 



The strongest resemblance I can select is between 

 the characters of the celebrated Earl of Rochester and 

 the subject of this memoir ; although in the points 

 on which they differ the balance is favourable to the 

 latter. Let us select the most prominent features, and 

 see how far they tally and in what they differ : — 



Rochester's person was well shaped, and no man 

 showed more good breeding in society. Ditto John 

 Mytton. 



Rochester thought his constitution was so strong 

 that nothing could hurt it. Ditto John Mytton. 



" Rochester," says Bishop Burnet, " had a violent 

 love of pleasure, and a disposition to extravagant 

 mirth ; the one involved him in great sensuality, the 

 other led him to many odd adventures and frolics, in 

 which he was often in hazard of his life." Ditto John 

 Mytton. 



