The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas Browne. Supplementary memoir by the editor. Mrs. Lyttleton's communication to Bishop Kennet. Pseudodoxia epidemica, books I-IVH. G. Bohn, 1852 |
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Page 37
... salt unto them , and they took delight in the dust of their endeavours . For , questionless , in knowledge there is no slender difficulty ; and truth , which wise men say doth lie in a well , is not re- coverable by exantlation . It ...
... salt unto them , and they took delight in the dust of their endeavours . For , questionless , in knowledge there is no slender difficulty ; and truth , which wise men say doth lie in a well , is not re- coverable by exantlation . It ...
Page 42
... salt is easiest dissolvable in cold water . ] Upon examining the entire chapter ( vi . ) of the Meteors here cited , I found that our author had altogether mistaken the meaning of the passage relating to the so- lubility of salts ...
... salt is easiest dissolvable in cold water . ] Upon examining the entire chapter ( vi . ) of the Meteors here cited , I found that our author had altogether mistaken the meaning of the passage relating to the so- lubility of salts ...
Page 49
... Salts of Cicero , Augustus , and the comical wits of those times : in most whereof there is not much to admire , and are , methinks , ex- ceeded , not only in the replies of wise men , but the passages of society , and urbanities of our ...
... Salts of Cicero , Augustus , and the comical wits of those times : in most whereof there is not much to admire , and are , methinks , ex- ceeded , not only in the replies of wise men , but the passages of society , and urbanities of our ...
Page 89
... salt , the waters of Jericho had not been made wholesome . I know that a decoction of wild gourd or colocynthis ( though somewhat qualified ) will not from every hand be dulcified unto CHAP . XI . ] THE GREAT PROMOTER OF FALSE OPINIONS .
... salt , the waters of Jericho had not been made wholesome . I know that a decoction of wild gourd or colocynthis ( though somewhat qualified ) will not from every hand be dulcified unto CHAP . XI . ] THE GREAT PROMOTER OF FALSE OPINIONS .
Page 97
... salt , the principle of concretion , whereby we observe that ice may be made with salt and snow by the fire - side , as is also observable from ice made by saltpetre and water , duly mixed and strongly agitated , at any time of the year ...
... salt , the principle of concretion , whereby we observe that ice may be made with salt and snow by the fire - side , as is also observable from ice made by saltpetre and water , duly mixed and strongly agitated , at any time of the year ...
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