Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithSchuman, 1950 - 319 pages A study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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Page 191
... close the five ports of knowledge . We are unwilling to spin out our awaking thoughts into the phantasmes of sleep , which too often continueth praeogitations , making Cables of Cobwebbes and Wildernesses of handsome Groves . Besides ...
... close the five ports of knowledge . We are unwilling to spin out our awaking thoughts into the phantasmes of sleep , which too often continueth praeogitations , making Cables of Cobwebbes and Wildernesses of handsome Groves . Besides ...
Page 220
... for them to travel abroad , the father kept in close touch with them through solicitous letters . The Norwich Free School , or Grammar School , was a natural choice for the physician's sons . It stood under 220 Father and Sons.
... for them to travel abroad , the father kept in close touch with them through solicitous letters . The Norwich Free School , or Grammar School , was a natural choice for the physician's sons . It stood under 220 Father and Sons.
Page 271
... close apprehension what it is to be forgotten , while he hath lived to find none who could remember his Father , or scarce the friends of his youth , and may sensibly see with what a face in no long time oblivion will look upon himself ...
... close apprehension what it is to be forgotten , while he hath lived to find none who could remember his Father , or scarce the friends of his youth , and may sensibly see with what a face in no long time oblivion will look upon himself ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
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