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Religio medici. To which is added, sir Digby's Observations. Also critical notes - Page 186
by sir Thomas Browne - 1754
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Religio medici. Pseudodoxia epidemica, books 1-4

Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 596 pages
...polygamy, which considering some times,8 and the unequal number of both sexes, may be also necessary. The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth...this trivial and vulgar way of coition : it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his...
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Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Religio medici. Pseudoxia epidemica, books 1-3

Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 592 pages
...may be also necessary. .The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth part of man tor wTnngjT. Man is the whole world, and the breath of God ; woman...this trivial and vulgar way of coition : it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his...
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Curiosities of Literature: Second series

Isaac Disraeli - 1835 - 474 pages
...rcsfiutions, who never marry twice.' He rails \vrman ' the rib, and crooked piece of man.' He adds, ' Ï could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or thai there were any way to proerrate the world without this trivial and vulgar way.' He mrans !he union...
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Religio Medici: To which is Added Hydriotaphia, Or Urn-burial; a Discourse ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1841 - 346 pages
...polygamy, which, considering some times, and the unequal number of both sexes, may be also necessary. (13!) The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth...perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar (I3i) The inequality of the sexes has been proved to be chiefly imaginary, and in many places the difference...
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Religio Medici [and] Its Sequel Christian Morals

Sir Thomas Browne - 1844 - 238 pages
...polygamy, which considering some times and the unequal number of both sexes, may be also necessary. The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth...this trivial and vulgar way of coition ; it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his...
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Religio Medici: Together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1845 - 412 pages
...polygamy, which, confidering fome times, and the unequal number of both fexes, may be alfo neceflary. The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth...this trivial and vulgar way of coition : it is the foolimeft act a wife man commits in all his life ; nor is there any thing that will more deject his...
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Curiosities of Literature: And The Literary Character Illustrated

Isaac Disraeli - 1851 - 518 pages
...never marry twice,* He calls woman *tbf nb, and crooked piece of man.' He adds, ' I could be conies! that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any way to procreate the world withcul this trivial and vulgar way.* He means ihc union of »fm. wtiich he declares...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books V-VII. Religio ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 576 pages
...polygamy, -which considering some times,8 and the unequal number of both sexes, may be also necessary. The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth...this trivial and vulgar way of coition : it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his...
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Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin, Volume 2

sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 582 pages
...polygamy, which considering some times,8 and the unequal number of both sexes, may be also necessary. The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth...this trivial and vulgar way of coition : it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books V-VII. Religio ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 580 pages
...may be also necessary. The whole world was made for man, but the twelfth part of man for woman. Mau is the whole world, and the breath of God ; woman...this trivial and vulgar way of coition : it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that \vill more deject his...
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