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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Dorset , a well - read and charming gentleman , was so delighted by the little tract that he urged it upon his friend Sir Kenelm Digby . The result was , as we have seen , that Digby wrote his Observations upon Religio Medici , which ...
Dorset , a well - read and charming gentleman , was so delighted by the little tract that he urged it upon his friend Sir Kenelm Digby . The result was , as we have seen , that Digby wrote his Observations upon Religio Medici , which ...
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canopied bedstead , the flickering candle in a brass stick burning beside it , and burly Digby in his nightgown , propped up on abundant pillows , devouring the plain little unsigned octavo volume with rapt attention .
canopied bedstead , the flickering candle in a brass stick burning beside it , and burly Digby in his nightgown , propped up on abundant pillows , devouring the plain little unsigned octavo volume with rapt attention .
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He then sent his corrected text off to Crooke , together with a letter to Digby , urging him to postpone the publishing of his criticisms until the authentic edition should be ready . In replying , Digby affected to be surprised that ...
He then sent his corrected text off to Crooke , together with a letter to Digby , urging him to postpone the publishing of his criticisms until the authentic edition should be ready . In replying , Digby affected to be surprised that ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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 California |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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