Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 4-7. The garden of Cyrus. Hydriotaphia. Brampton urnsW. Pickering, 1835 |
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... tion of the body upon the ischias ; wherein , if the position be just and natural , the thigh - bone lieth at right angles to the spine , and the leg - bone or tibia to the thigh . For others , when they seem to sit , as dogs , cats ...
... tion of the body upon the ischias ; wherein , if the position be just and natural , the thigh - bone lieth at right angles to the spine , and the leg - bone or tibia to the thigh . For others , when they seem to sit , as dogs , cats ...
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... tion . The astronomer , regarding the south and meridian sun , calls that the dextrous part of heaven which respecteth his right hand ; and that is the west . Poets , respecting the 1 west , assign the name of right unto the CHAP . V ...
... tion . The astronomer , regarding the south and meridian sun , calls that the dextrous part of heaven which respecteth his right hand ; and that is the west . Poets , respecting the 1 west , assign the name of right unto the CHAP . V ...
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... tion of their 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 ...
... tion of their 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 ...
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... tion both in the time and cause . For the time of floating , it is uncertain , according to the time of putrefaction , which shall retard or accelerate according to the subject and season of the year ; for as we observed , cats and mice ...
... tion both in the time and cause . For the time of floating , it is uncertain , according to the time of putrefaction , which shall retard or accelerate according to the subject and season of the year ; for as we observed , cats and mice ...
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... tion . The second way was superstitious and augurial , as Cœlius Rhodiginus hath illustrated in testimonies as ancient as Theocritus and Homer ; as appears from the Athenian master , who would have retired because a boat - man sneezed ...
... tion . The second way was superstitious and augurial , as Cœlius Rhodiginus hath illustrated in testimonies as ancient as Theocritus and Homer ; as appears from the Athenian master , who would have retired because a boat - man sneezed ...
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