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 36
... close connection . But an old document shows that " Thomas Browne de parochia Scti Michaelis in Le Chepe " was placed eleventh on the roll of the examiners , too far down to succeed to a vacancy . This is surprising , for quite apart ...
... close connection . But an old document shows that " Thomas Browne de parochia Scti Michaelis in Le Chepe " was placed eleventh on the roll of the examiners , too far down to succeed to a vacancy . This is surprising , for quite apart ...
Page 48
... close enough to being actually " shipwrackt " to permit an exaggeration , and in his preface he confessed that there were a good many expressions in the book which were not to be taken literally . It is a quaint picture - the thoughtful ...
... close enough to being actually " shipwrackt " to permit an exaggeration , and in his preface he confessed that there were a good many expressions in the book which were not to be taken literally . It is a quaint picture - the thoughtful ...
Page 174
... close touch with them through solicitous letters . The Norwich Free School , or Grammar School , was a natural choice for the physician's sons . It stood under the shadow of the Cathedral which had nurtured it , in the Close , just ...
... close touch with them through solicitous letters . The Norwich Free School , or Grammar School , was a natural choice for the physician's sons . It stood under the shadow of the Cathedral which had nurtured it , in the Close , just ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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