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Page ix
... taken down and rebuilt in 1430 , in the eighth of Henry VI . In the great fire of London it was destroyed , and not subsequently rebuilt , the parish being united to that of St. Vedast , in Foster - lane . The registers have all ...
... taken down and rebuilt in 1430 , in the eighth of Henry VI . In the great fire of London it was destroyed , and not subsequently rebuilt , the parish being united to that of St. Vedast , in Foster - lane . The registers have all ...
Page x
... taken three thousand pounds , † as the third part of her husband's property , left her son , by conse- quence , six thousand ; a large fortune for a man destined to learning , at that time when commerce had not yet filled the nation ...
... taken three thousand pounds , † as the third part of her husband's property , left her son , by conse- quence , six thousand ; a large fortune for a man destined to learning , at that time when commerce had not yet filled the nation ...
Page xiii
... taken in a soft and flexible sense , and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason . " 1. " The first glance upon his book will indeed discover examples of this liberty of thought and expression : " I could be content ( says her ) ...
... taken in a soft and flexible sense , and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason . " 1. " The first glance upon his book will indeed discover examples of this liberty of thought and expression : " I could be content ( says her ) ...
Page xxiii
... devil himself , in his oracle to Augustus . 1722. ] This date was taken from a copy which had a reprint title . The book was published in 1712 . containing instructions for the study of physick ; " which SIR THOMAS BROWNE . xxiii.
... devil himself , in his oracle to Augustus . 1722. ] This date was taken from a copy which had a reprint title . The book was published in 1712 . containing instructions for the study of physick ; " which SIR THOMAS BROWNE . xxiii.
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... taken notice of by common readers ; he was excellent company when he was at leisure , and expressed more light than heat in the temper of his brain . 66 He had no despotical power over his affections and passions ( that was a privilege ...
... taken notice of by common readers ; he was excellent company when he was at leisure , and expressed more light than heat in the temper of his brain . 66 He had no despotical power over his affections and passions ( that was a privilege ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - 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 31 - 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 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.