Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence, Volume 2William Pickering, 1835 |
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... ancient Cheshire family , and born at Coventry , at the close of the 16th century . After spending some time at Mer- ton College , Oxford , he passed into the communion of the Church of Rome , and entered the order of the Franciscans at ...
... ancient Cheshire family , and born at Coventry , at the close of the 16th century . After spending some time at Mer- ton College , Oxford , he passed into the communion of the Church of Rome , and entered the order of the Franciscans at ...
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... ancient as modern ; as also his acquaintance with all manner of authors , both sacred and profane , out of which he hath amassed a world of quotations : but yet , not to mention that he hath not observed some errors of the press , and ...
... ancient as modern ; as also his acquaintance with all manner of authors , both sacred and profane , out of which he hath amassed a world of quotations : but yet , not to mention that he hath not observed some errors of the press , and ...
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... ancient customs than in the vernacular practice and usage of the language of his own country : for although , amongst the Latins , protension of the hand was a symbol and sign of peace and concord ; -as Alexander ab Alexandro , " Manum ...
... ancient customs than in the vernacular practice and usage of the language of his own country : for although , amongst the Latins , protension of the hand was a symbol and sign of peace and concord ; -as Alexander ab Alexandro , " Manum ...
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... ancient writers and fa- thers of the church do unanimously agree that he was hanged . Some are so parti- cular , that they even mention that it was with a cord , on a fig - tree , the day after VOL . II . 3 the kiss , & c .; but there ...
... ancient writers and fa- thers of the church do unanimously agree that he was hanged . Some are so parti- cular , that they even mention that it was with a cord , on a fig - tree , the day after VOL . II . 3 the kiss , & c .; but there ...
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... Ancient of Days , cannot receive the adjunct of antiquity , who was before the world , and shall be after it , yet is not older than it for , in his years there is no climacter : his duration is eternity ; and far more venerable than ...
... Ancient of Days , cannot receive the adjunct of antiquity , who was before the world , and shall be after it , yet is not older than it for , in his years there is no climacter : his duration is eternity ; and far more venerable than ...
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Page 206 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 509 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 106 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 197 - But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Page 277 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Page 112 - I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of /company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.
Page 113 - The night is come, like to the day, Depart not Thou, great God, away. Let not my sins, black as the night, Eclipse the lustre of Thy light : Keep still in my Horizon ; for to me The Sun makes not the day, but Thee.
Page 110 - The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end cannot persuade me I have any.
Page 5 - I could never hear the Ave Maria bell without an elevation ; or think it a sufficient warrant, because they erred in one circumstance, for me to err in all — that is, in silence and dumb contempt. Whilst, therefore, they directed their devotions to her, I offered mine to God, and rectified the errors of their prayers by rightly ordering mine own.
Page 9 - ... tis therefore far better to enjoy her with peace than to hazard her on a battle.