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 238
... father wrote : For the disposing of your money into the East India Company it were fitt to take freindly & good ... father's counsel and assist- ance . Their letters reveal that Sir Thomas recommended patients , advised in diagnosis and ...
... father wrote : For the disposing of your money into the East India Company it were fitt to take freindly & good ... father's counsel and assist- ance . Their letters reveal that Sir Thomas recommended patients , advised in diagnosis and ...
Page 242
... father's counsel . He was a versatile fellow , widely read , and full of his father's curiosity . Some of his sketches are preserved in the British Mu- seum ; and Samuel Pepys mentions Edward's having obtained a rare manuscript . A ...
... father's counsel . He was a versatile fellow , widely read , and full of his father's curiosity . Some of his sketches are preserved in the British Mu- seum ; and Samuel Pepys mentions Edward's having obtained a rare manuscript . A ...
Page 250
... father , and is believed to have assumed the married name of Bosville.2 " Betty " The third daughter , Elizabeth , was her father's favor- ite . It was Betty who attended grandson " Tome , " read to her father , made copies of family ...
... father , and is believed to have assumed the married name of Bosville.2 " Betty " The third daughter , Elizabeth , was her father's favor- ite . It was Betty who attended grandson " Tome , " read to her father , made copies of family ...
Contents
From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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