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 253
... reports : " Just as I am writing Tom comes & tells mee the blazing starre is in the yard & calls mee to see it . " This was the comet of 1681 , about which Sir Thomas writes at length to Edward . And there are plays , too , " at the Red ...
... reports : " Just as I am writing Tom comes & tells mee the blazing starre is in the yard & calls mee to see it . " This was the comet of 1681 , about which Sir Thomas writes at length to Edward . And there are plays , too , " at the Red ...
Page 255
... reports proudly that " my Lord of Arundell , eldest sonne to my L. Duke of Norfolk gave me a visit , " that " the Duke of Richmond . . . a good naturd brisk man was at my howse twice , " and that " a Scotch Lord enquired for mee ...
... reports proudly that " my Lord of Arundell , eldest sonne to my L. Duke of Norfolk gave me a visit , " that " the Duke of Richmond . . . a good naturd brisk man was at my howse twice , " and that " a Scotch Lord enquired for mee ...
Page 257
... reported microscopy ; Newton dis- covered the binomial theorem , proposed the law of gravi- tation , and described the solar spectrum . Boyle defined chemical ... reports from foreign lands , sent him by Edward and 257 Tranquil Last Years.
... reported microscopy ; Newton dis- covered the binomial theorem , proposed the law of gravi- tation , and described the solar spectrum . Boyle defined chemical ... reports from foreign lands , sent him by Edward and 257 Tranquil Last Years.
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
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