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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Page 14
... Elizabeth and Antonio Perez , a refu- gee from the Inquisition in Spain , implicated Lopez in- extricably . Convicted and sent to the Tower , he was finally hanged and quartered . But Elizabeth herself had misgivings , and for three ...
... Elizabeth and Antonio Perez , a refu- gee from the Inquisition in Spain , implicated Lopez in- extricably . Convicted and sent to the Tower , he was finally hanged and quartered . But Elizabeth herself had misgivings , and for three ...
Page 52
... Elizabeth , who preserved these verses with some others in her commonplace book , added the note : " writt by my Father at the Crowe Inne in Chester at his coming from Ireland . " Possibly the choppi- ness of the verses reflects the ...
... Elizabeth , who preserved these verses with some others in her commonplace book , added the note : " writt by my Father at the Crowe Inne in Chester at his coming from Ireland . " Possibly the choppi- ness of the verses reflects the ...
Page 269
... Elizabeth Lyttelton brought the papers back in a box , some of them were missing . The frag- ment which Edward printed as A Letter to a Friend was found , but a long series of rich moralistic passages in the manner of the latter part of ...
... Elizabeth Lyttelton brought the papers back in a box , some of them were missing . The frag- ment which Edward printed as A Letter to a Friend was found , but a long series of rich moralistic passages in the manner of the latter part of ...
Contents
From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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