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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... person . Hazlitt recorded a conversation which began when someone asked Lamb what men in English litera- ture he would most wish to have seen . On the question being started , Ayrton said , “ I suppose the two first persons you would ...
... person . Hazlitt recorded a conversation which began when someone asked Lamb what men in English litera- ture he would most wish to have seen . On the question being started , Ayrton said , “ I suppose the two first persons you would ...
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... person than James I seems to have been influential in effecting this transformation , prob- ably cannily seizing an opportunity to link his name with an Oxford foundation at no expense to himself . The Earl of Pembroke , in whose honor ...
... person than James I seems to have been influential in effecting this transformation , prob- ably cannily seizing an opportunity to link his name with an Oxford foundation at no expense to himself . The Earl of Pembroke , in whose honor ...
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... Person ; and there- fore I don't think that there ever was such a book . " ( Naudeana et Patiniana , Amsterdam , 1703 , p . 25 ; note communicated by Professor M. H. Fisch . ) 13. Works , I , 87 . 14. In 1875 Leyden celebrated its ...
... Person ; and there- fore I don't think that there ever was such a book . " ( Naudeana et Patiniana , Amsterdam , 1703 , p . 25 ; note communicated by Professor M. H. Fisch . ) 13. Works , I , 87 . 14. In 1875 Leyden celebrated its ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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