The Religio Medici & Other Writings of Sir Thomas BrowneJ. M. Dent, 1931 - 296 pages |
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... thereof ; for things that are in posse to the sense , are actually existent to the understanding . Thus GOD beholds all things , Who contemplates as fully His works in their Epitome , as in their full volume ; and beheld as amply the ...
... thereof ; for things that are in posse to the sense , are actually existent to the understanding . Thus GOD beholds all things , Who contemplates as fully His works in their Epitome , as in their full volume ; and beheld as amply the ...
Page 173
... thereof was empty spaces , with herbs and flowers in pots . I think we little under- stand the pensile gardens of Semiramis , which made one of the wonders of it [ Babylon ] , wherein probably the structure ex- ceeded the plants ...
... thereof was empty spaces , with herbs and flowers in pots . I think we little under- stand the pensile gardens of Semiramis , which made one of the wonders of it [ Babylon ] , wherein probably the structure ex- ceeded the plants ...
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... thereof in the days of his own Life , may clearly see he hath but acted over his Fore - fathers , what it was to live in Ages past , and what living will be in all ages to come . He is like to be the best judge of Time who hath lived to ...
... thereof in the days of his own Life , may clearly see he hath but acted over his Fore - fathers , what it was to live in Ages past , and what living will be in all ages to come . He is like to be the best judge of Time who hath lived to ...
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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