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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... Digby to try his hand at a commentary on it . Accord- ing to his own account , Digby immediately sent a servant to the bookstalls to try to find a copy . By the time the boy returned with the book , Digby was " newly gotten into bed ...
... Digby to try his hand at a commentary on it . Accord- ing to his own account , Digby immediately sent a servant to the bookstalls to try to find a copy . By the time the boy returned with the book , Digby was " newly gotten into bed ...
Page 108
... Digby in his nightgown , propped up on abundant pillows , devouring the plain little unsigned octavo volume with rapt attention . Sir Kenelm himself was a picturesque figure . Son of the young Everard Digby , who had been hanged for ...
... Digby in his nightgown , propped up on abundant pillows , devouring the plain little unsigned octavo volume with rapt attention . Sir Kenelm himself was a picturesque figure . Son of the young Everard Digby , who had been hanged for ...
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... Digby's Observations , he could hardly at- tempt anything like a general recasting of the essay as a whole . He then sent his corrected text off to Crooke , together with a letter to Digby , urging him to postpone the pub- lishing of ...
... Digby's Observations , he could hardly at- tempt anything like a general recasting of the essay as a whole . He then sent his corrected text off to Crooke , together with a letter to Digby , urging him to postpone the pub- lishing of ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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