The Edinburgh Review, Volume 64A. and C. Black, 1837 |
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Page 5
... thought that the proper object of speculation was by darkening knowledge to breed speculation , ' and who loved to converse chiefly with the spectral apparitions of things'- they have thought ( and what is worse , written ) of a man ...
... thought that the proper object of speculation was by darkening knowledge to breed speculation , ' and who loved to converse chiefly with the spectral apparitions of things'- they have thought ( and what is worse , written ) of a man ...
Page 15
... thought that Browne , as Wordsworth , plumes his wings and raises himself beyond the visible diurnal sphere . ' A temperament somewhat common to both was in both fed by similar political tenets , and theological veneration ; -apart from ...
... thought that Browne , as Wordsworth , plumes his wings and raises himself beyond the visible diurnal sphere . ' A temperament somewhat common to both was in both fed by similar political tenets , and theological veneration ; -apart from ...
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... thought only were wanting to render prac- ticable . He would find them , not certainly by shutting himself up in his closet and inventing what had not been thought of before , but by holding himself on the alert ; by listening with all ...
... thought only were wanting to render prac- ticable . He would find them , not certainly by shutting himself up in his closet and inventing what had not been thought of before , but by holding himself on the alert ; by listening with all ...
Contents
Sir Thomas Brownes Works including his Life | 1 |
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan and on the site | 35 |
Poggii Epistolæ Editas collegit et emendavit pleras | 60 |
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