Religio Medici and Other Works: Religio Medici and Other WorksOUP Oxford, 1964 - 383 pages A scholarly edition of an essay by Sir Thomas Browne. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus. |
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Page 107
... Bones , hairs , nails , and teeth of the dead , were the treasures of old Sorcerers . In 10 vain we revive such practices ; Present superstition too visibly perpetuates the folly of our Fore - fathers , wherein unto old Observa- tion1 ...
... Bones , hairs , nails , and teeth of the dead , were the treasures of old Sorcerers . In 10 vain we revive such practices ; Present superstition too visibly perpetuates the folly of our Fore - fathers , wherein unto old Observa- tion1 ...
Page 108
... bones and ashes , may seem strange unto any who considers not its con- stitution , and how slender a masse will remain upon an open and urging fire of the carnall composition . Even bones themselves reduced into ashes , do abate a ...
... bones and ashes , may seem strange unto any who considers not its con- stitution , and how slender a masse will remain upon an open and urging fire of the carnall composition . Even bones themselves reduced into ashes , do abate a ...
Page 110
... bones , and hair , give the most lasting defiance to corrup- 10 tion . In an Hydropicall body ten years buried in a Church - yard , we met with a fat concretion , where the nitre of the Earth , and the salt and lixivious liquor of the ...
... bones , and hair , give the most lasting defiance to corrup- 10 tion . In an Hydropicall body ten years buried in a Church - yard , we met with a fat concretion , where the nitre of the Earth , and the salt and lixivious liquor of the ...
Contents
HYDRIOTAPHIA with THE GARDEN OF CYRUS | 81 |
APPENDIX I | 249 |
APPENDIX II | 259 |
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