Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithCollier Books, 1961 - 251 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 17
... Elizabeth and Antonio Perez , a refugee from the Inquisition in Spain , implicated Lopez inextricably . Convicted and sent to the Tower , he was finally hanged and quartered . But Elizabeth herself had misgivings , and for three months ...
... Elizabeth and Antonio Perez , a refugee from the Inquisition in Spain , implicated Lopez inextricably . Convicted and sent to the Tower , he was finally hanged and quartered . But Elizabeth herself had misgivings , and for three months ...
Page 47
... Elizabeth , who preserved these verses with some others in her commonplace book , added the note : " Writt by my Father at the Crowe Inne in Chester at his coming from Ireland . " Possibly the choppiness of the verses reflects the state ...
... Elizabeth , who preserved these verses with some others in her commonplace book , added the note : " Writt by my Father at the Crowe Inne in Chester at his coming from Ireland . " Possibly the choppiness of the verses reflects the state ...
Page 211
... Elizabeth Lyttelton brought the papers back in a box , some of them were missing . The fragment which Edward printed as A Letter to a Friend was found , but a long series of rich moralistic passages in the manner of the latter part of ...
... Elizabeth Lyttelton brought the papers back in a box , some of them were missing . The fragment which Edward printed as A Letter to a Friend was found , but a long series of rich moralistic passages in the manner of the latter part of ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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