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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Page 164
... passages are reduced to a quarter of their original length.26 New and Revised Editions Besides sharpening the style of later editions of the book , Browne revised its contents . The advertisement to the second edition states that the ...
... passages are reduced to a quarter of their original length.26 New and Revised Editions Besides sharpening the style of later editions of the book , Browne revised its contents . The advertisement to the second edition states that the ...
Page 189
... passages is displayed in a manuscript page containing what appears to be the first draft of the opening paragraphs ... passage of twenty - seven lines Browne struck out a word , or a beginning of a word , after he wrote it . Several of ...
... passages is displayed in a manuscript page containing what appears to be the first draft of the opening paragraphs ... passage of twenty - seven lines Browne struck out a word , or a beginning of a word , after he wrote it . Several of ...
Page 270
... passages of Religio Medici . Its style is , rather , the culmination of Browne's tendency toward ornate expres- sion , with grand , sweeping generalizations decked out in stately latinized terms torn from their context in some ancient ...
... passages of Religio Medici . Its style is , rather , the culmination of Browne's tendency toward ornate expres- sion , with grand , sweeping generalizations decked out in stately latinized terms torn from their context in some ancient ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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