Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithSchuman, 1950 - 319 pages A study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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... Church's action came when the excitement about the book was at its height , some readers attacking Browne for being a papist in disguise , others accusing him of atheism , while a Quaker leader invited him to join the Society of Friends ...
... Church's action came when the excitement about the book was at its height , some readers attacking Browne for being a papist in disguise , others accusing him of atheism , while a Quaker leader invited him to join the Society of Friends ...
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... church worship in the diocese , he could make little headway . His only relief from the severity of sepa- ratists was in the cheerful company of his chaplain , Dr. Lushington , who will be remembered as Browne's tutor at Oxford.2 · In ...
... church worship in the diocese , he could make little headway . His only relief from the severity of sepa- ratists was in the cheerful company of his chaplain , Dr. Lushington , who will be remembered as Browne's tutor at Oxford.2 · In ...
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... church . A plaster cast of the skull was presented to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum ( now Norwich Castle Museum ) in 1841 , by a Mr. Charles Muskett , also a church warden , with antiquarian interests . A lock of hair was for a while ...
... church . A plaster cast of the skull was presented to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum ( now Norwich Castle Museum ) in 1841 , by a Mr. Charles Muskett , also a church warden , with antiquarian interests . A lock of hair was for a while ...
Contents
From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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