The Religio Medici & Other Writings of Sir Thomas BrowneJ. M. Dent, 1931 - 296 pages |
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Page 121
... buried in the Church - yard , we met with a fat concretion , where the nitre of the Earth , and the salt and lixivious liquor of the body , had coagulated large lumps of fat , into the consistence of the hardest castle - soap ; whereof ...
... buried in the Church - yard , we met with a fat concretion , where the nitre of the Earth , and the salt and lixivious liquor of the body , had coagulated large lumps of fat , into the consistence of the hardest castle - soap ; whereof ...
Page 124
... buried Socrates , and regarding only his immortall part , was indifferent to be burnt or buried . From such Considerations , Diogenes might contemn Sepulture . And being satis- fied that the soul could not perish , grow carelesse of ...
... buried Socrates , and regarding only his immortall part , was indifferent to be burnt or buried . From such Considerations , Diogenes might contemn Sepulture . And being satis- fied that the soul could not perish , grow carelesse of ...
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... Buried in , or by , the Urnes ; divers Pieces of Brass , of several Figures ; and in one Urne was found a Nail Two ... buried before the Time of the Romans ( altho ' that the Druids were thus buried , it may be probable , and we read of ...
... Buried in , or by , the Urnes ; divers Pieces of Brass , of several Figures ; and in one Urne was found a Nail Two ... buried before the Time of the Romans ( altho ' that the Druids were thus buried , it may be probable , and we read of ...
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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