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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... tion , he had stolen the skeleton of a criminal from the gallows , and in Paris he had fought a pack of dogs for possession of a cadaver . With a fellow student he had studied bones scattered in the cemetery , learning to rec- ognize ...
... tion , he had stolen the skeleton of a criminal from the gallows , and in Paris he had fought a pack of dogs for possession of a cadaver . With a fellow student he had studied bones scattered in the cemetery , learning to rec- ognize ...
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... tion not available in the Keynes edition . John Carter's edition of Urne - Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus ( London , 1932 ) and J. J. Denonain's critical edition of Religio Medici , to be published by the Cambridge University Press ...
... tion not available in the Keynes edition . John Carter's edition of Urne - Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus ( London , 1932 ) and J. J. Denonain's critical edition of Religio Medici , to be published by the Cambridge University Press ...
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... tion , Princeton University , 1938 , pp . 188 , 229-231 , 248 , 252 , 257. Wilkin , I , 424–442 . 13. " Two Essays , concerning the unsuccessfulness of Experi- ments , " The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle , London , 1772 , I , 349 ...
... tion , Princeton University , 1938 , pp . 188 , 229-231 , 248 , 252 , 257. Wilkin , I , 424–442 . 13. " Two Essays , concerning the unsuccessfulness of Experi- ments , " The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle , London , 1772 , I , 349 ...
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From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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