Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithA 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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Moreover , it is likely that on the death of his grandfather , Powle Garraway , in 1620 , his inheritance was increased . Nor is there any reason for accepting Johnson's statement that the boy was left helpless and unprotected .
Moreover , it is likely that on the death of his grandfather , Powle Garraway , in 1620 , his inheritance was increased . Nor is there any reason for accepting Johnson's statement that the boy was left helpless and unprotected .
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The gradual change in the patient's countenance leads him to speculate on physiognomy , the hour of death to a digression on the significance of dying on one's own birthday ( Browne himself " wound up on the day of his nativity ” ) .
The gradual change in the patient's countenance leads him to speculate on physiognomy , the hour of death to a digression on the significance of dying on one's own birthday ( Browne himself " wound up on the day of his nativity ” ) .
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Sir Thomas Browne's death came on his own birthday — a possibility he had speculated about in Religio Medici . He drew his will in December , 1679 , making Dorothy his sole heir and executrix . During his last years , he suffered ...
Sir Thomas Browne's death came on his own birthday — a possibility he had speculated about in Religio Medici . He drew his will in December , 1679 , making Dorothy his sole heir and executrix . During his last years , he suffered ...
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Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & Faith Issue 16 of Life of science library |
| Author | Jeremiah Stanton Finch |
| Publisher | Schuman, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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