The Religio Medici & Other Writings of Sir Thomas BrowneJ. M. Dent, 1931 - 296 pages |
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Page 69
... Charity : I hold not so narrow a conceit of this virtue , as to conceive that to give Alms is onely to be Charitable , or think a piece of Liberality can comprehend the Total of Charity . Divinity hath wisely divided the act thereof ...
... Charity : I hold not so narrow a conceit of this virtue , as to conceive that to give Alms is onely to be Charitable , or think a piece of Liberality can comprehend the Total of Charity . Divinity hath wisely divided the act thereof ...
Page 77
... charity to our selves , to be at variance with our Vices , nor to abhor that part of us which is an enemy to the ground of charity , our GOD ; wherein we do but imitate our grcat selves , the world , whose divided Antipathies and ...
... charity to our selves , to be at variance with our Vices , nor to abhor that part of us which is an enemy to the ground of charity , our GOD ; wherein we do but imitate our grcat selves , the world , whose divided Antipathies and ...
Page 87
... Charity , surely poor men may also build Hospitals , and the rich alone have not erected Cathe- drals . I have a private method which others observe not ; I take the opportunity of my self to do good ; I borrow occasion of Charity from ...
... Charity , surely poor men may also build Hospitals , and the rich alone have not erected Cathe- drals . I have a private method which others observe not ; I take the opportunity of my self to do good ; I borrow occasion of Charity from ...
Contents
RELIGIO MEDICI | 3 |
LETTER TO A FRIEND UPON OCCASION OF THE DEATH | 149 |
THE GARDEN OF CYRUS OR THE QUINCUNCIALL LOZENGE | 167 |
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