Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of Cyrus. Hydriotaphia. Brampton urnsW. Pickering, 1835 |
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... bodies , have yet large cranies , and seem to contain much brain , as snipes , woodcocks , & c . But upon trial I find it very true . The brains of a man , Archangelus and Bauhinus observe to weigh four pounds , and sometimes five and a ...
... bodies , have yet large cranies , and seem to contain much brain , as snipes , woodcocks , & c . But upon trial I find it very true . The brains of a man , Archangelus and Bauhinus observe to weigh four pounds , and sometimes five and a ...
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... bodies , whose heat and spirits are able to afford an ability unto both . And therefore Hippocrates saith , that women are not ambidextrous , that is , not so often as men ; for some are found which indifferently make use of both . And ...
... bodies , whose heat and spirits are able to afford an ability unto both . And therefore Hippocrates saith , that women are not ambidextrous , that is , not so often as men ; for some are found which indifferently make use of both . And ...
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... bodies ; by which account in Greek numeration , Hephæstus or Vulcan was lame in the right foot , and Annibal lost his right eye . And lastly , what substance there is in that auspicial princi- ple , and fundamental doctrine of ...
... bodies ; by which account in Greek numeration , Hephæstus or Vulcan was lame in the right foot , and Annibal lost his right eye . And lastly , what substance there is in that auspicial princi- ple , and fundamental doctrine of ...
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... bodies . But with man it is performed otherwise : for in regard of site he alters his natural posture and swimmeth prone , where- as he walketh erect.3 Again , in progression , the arms move parallel to the legs , and the arms and legs ...
... bodies . But with man it is performed otherwise : for in regard of site he alters his natural posture and swimmeth prone , where- as he walketh erect.3 Again , in progression , the arms move parallel to the legs , and the arms and legs ...
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... bodies soonest ferment , and that substance approacheth nearest unto air : and this is one of Aristotle's reasons why dead eels will not float , because saith he , they have but slender bellies and little fat . As for the cause , it is ...
... bodies soonest ferment , and that substance approacheth nearest unto air : and this is one of Aristotle's reasons why dead eels will not float , because saith he , they have but slender bellies and little fat . As for the cause , it is ...
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