The Religio Medici & Other Writings of Sir Thomas BrowneJ. M. Dent, 1931 - 296 pages |
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... doth at large and in its dilated substance . In the seed of a Plant to the eyes of GOD , and to the understanding of man , there exists , though in an invisible way , the perfect leaves , flowers , and fruit thereof ; for things that ...
... doth at large and in its dilated substance . In the seed of a Plant to the eyes of GOD , and to the understanding of man , there exists , though in an invisible way , the perfect leaves , flowers , and fruit thereof ; for things that ...
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... doth express their natures . By these Letters GOD calls the Stars by their names ; and by this Alphabet Adam assigned to every creature a name peculiar to its Nature . Now there are , besides these Characters in our Faces , certain ...
... doth express their natures . By these Letters GOD calls the Stars by their names ; and by this Alphabet Adam assigned to every creature a name peculiar to its Nature . Now there are , besides these Characters in our Faces , certain ...
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... doth it but in- directly , and upon quotation of their own Poet . It is as bloody a thought in one way , as Nero's was in another ; for by a word we wound a thousand , and at one blow assassine the honour of a Nation . It is as compleat ...
... doth it but in- directly , and upon quotation of their own Poet . It is as bloody a thought in one way , as Nero's was in another ; for by a word we wound a thousand , and at one blow assassine the honour of a Nation . It is as compleat ...
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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