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 31
... contemporaries , Izaac Walton , the famous fisherman and biographer , observed that Winchester was " a place of strict discipline and order , " and asserted that Sir Henry Wotton had been sent there " so that he might in his youth , be ...
... contemporaries , Izaac Walton , the famous fisherman and biographer , observed that Winchester was " a place of strict discipline and order , " and asserted that Sir Henry Wotton had been sent there " so that he might in his youth , be ...
Page 35
... contemporaries sometimes returned to their chambers hungry . Whatever were Browne's recollections of the austere institution , he rarely referred to it in his later years , and the names of none of his immediate contemporaries turn up ...
... contemporaries sometimes returned to their chambers hungry . Whatever were Browne's recollections of the austere institution , he rarely referred to it in his later years , and the names of none of his immediate contemporaries turn up ...
Page 169
... contemporaries.5 Henry Power , like Browne , found medical studies ab- sorbing , and was already an eager experimenter , ready to put all statements to the test - even his master's . It is amusing to read his persistent queries to ...
... contemporaries.5 Henry Power , like Browne , found medical studies ab- sorbing , and was already an eager experimenter , ready to put all statements to the test - even his master's . It is amusing to read his persistent queries to ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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