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 40
... original has been pronounced a commendable performance . There was nothing in it to fore- tell Browne's scientific bent , but a keen listener that day might have detected a lively and unusual mind , capable of felicitous expression ...
... original has been pronounced a commendable performance . There was nothing in it to fore- tell Browne's scientific bent , but a keen listener that day might have detected a lively and unusual mind , capable of felicitous expression ...
Page 92
... original , with some notable additions and omissions . M. J. J. Denonain points out that the first edition of 1642 seems to have been based on one of the most corrupt manuscript ver- sions , and that although Browne corrected over 650 ...
... original , with some notable additions and omissions . M. J. J. Denonain points out that the first edition of 1642 seems to have been based on one of the most corrupt manuscript ver- sions , and that although Browne corrected over 650 ...
Page 145
... original discovery , however , we must confess that Urn Burial is greater far as a richly imaginative essay than as a scientific announcement or an antiquarian discourse . In point of fact , Browne thought the urns of Roman origin ...
... original discovery , however , we must confess that Urn Burial is greater far as a richly imaginative essay than as a scientific announcement or an antiquarian discourse . In point of fact , Browne thought the urns of Roman origin ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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