The Religio Medici & Other Writings of Sir Thomas BrowneJ. M. Dent, 1931 - 296 pages |
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Page 106
... practise . Macro- bius affirmeth it was disused in his days . But most agree , though without authentick record , that it ceased with the Antonini . Most safely to be understood after the Reigne of those Emperours , which assumed the ...
... practise . Macro- bius affirmeth it was disused in his days . But most agree , though without authentick record , that it ceased with the Antonini . Most safely to be understood after the Reigne of those Emperours , which assumed the ...
Page 108
... practise in Gallia , Cæsar expressly delivereth . Whether the Brittains ( probably descended from them , of like Religion , Language and Manners ) did not sometimes make use of burning ; or whether at least such as were after civilized ...
... practise in Gallia , Cæsar expressly delivereth . Whether the Brittains ( probably descended from them , of like Religion , Language and Manners ) did not sometimes make use of burning ; or whether at least such as were after civilized ...
Page 127
... practise full of folly . But the ancient custome of placing coynes in con- siderable Urnes , and the present practise of burying medals in the Noble Foundations of Europe , are laudable wayes of historicall discoveries , in actions ...
... practise full of folly . But the ancient custome of placing coynes in con- siderable Urnes , and the present practise of burying medals in the Noble Foundations of Europe , are laudable wayes of historicall discoveries , in actions ...
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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