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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... copies beyond Crooke's fondest expectations . Sir Kenelm Digby , whose name turns up almost everywhere in the mid - seventeenth century , got hold of a copy , sat up all night reading it , and promptly published a criticism . Digby was ...
... copies beyond Crooke's fondest expectations . Sir Kenelm Digby , whose name turns up almost everywhere in the mid - seventeenth century , got hold of a copy , sat up all night reading it , and promptly published a criticism . Digby was ...
Page 105
... copied through mere " zeal or curiosity , " and implied that perhaps Browne deliberately contrived the ... copy , and Browne would himself prepare another draft from the original he kept by him , introducing changes here ...
... copied through mere " zeal or curiosity , " and implied that perhaps Browne deliberately contrived the ... copy , and Browne would himself prepare another draft from the original he kept by him , introducing changes here ...
Page 107
... copy fell into the hands of the Earl of Dorset , then serving as commissioner of the King's treasury . Dorset , a well - read and charming gentleman , was so delighted by the little tract that he urged it upon his friend Sir Kenelm ...
... copy fell into the hands of the Earl of Dorset , then serving as commissioner of the King's treasury . Dorset , a well - read and charming gentleman , was so delighted by the little tract that he urged it upon his friend Sir Kenelm ...
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