The Religio Medici & Other Writings of Sir Thomas BrowneJ. M. Dent, 1931 - 296 pages |
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... motion of the Sun made them more admire Him than its supernatural station did the Children of Israel ; the ordinary effects of Nature wrought more admiration in them than in the other all His Miracles . Surely the Heathens knew better ...
... motion of the Sun made them more admire Him than its supernatural station did the Children of Israel ; the ordinary effects of Nature wrought more admiration in them than in the other all His Miracles . Surely the Heathens knew better ...
Page 208
... motions , yet are they made by outward impulsion , like the motion of pendulous bodies , while the parts themselves are united by some kinde of symphysis unto the stock . But standing vegetables , void of motive - Articula- tions , are ...
... motions , yet are they made by outward impulsion , like the motion of pendulous bodies , while the parts themselves are united by some kinde of symphysis unto the stock . But standing vegetables , void of motive - Articula- tions , are ...
Page 211
... motions of the sunne , while the flower twists Æquinoc- 1 Flectat ad Aquilonem , et declinit ad Austrum , is Solon's descrip . tion of the motion of the sun . - Author's note , from MS . Sloan . tionially from the left hand to the right ...
... motions of the sunne , while the flower twists Æquinoc- 1 Flectat ad Aquilonem , et declinit ad Austrum , is Solon's descrip . tion of the motion of the sun . - Author's note , from MS . Sloan . tionially from the left hand to the right ...
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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