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" Now, if we can bring our affections to look beyond the body and cast an eye upon the soul, we have found out the true object not only of friendship but charity ; and the greatest happiness that we can bequeath the soul is that wherein we all do place... "
Religio medici. To which is added, sir Digby's Observations. Also critical notes - Page 175
by sir Thomas Browne - 1754
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Seventeenth Century Essays: From Bacon to Clarendon

Jacob Zeitlin - 1926 - 408 pages
...their looks our own. This noble affection falls not on vulgar and common constitutions, but on such as are marked for virtue: he that can love his friend with this noble ardor, will in a competent degree affect all. Now, if we can bring our affections to look beyond the...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 3

1909 - 378 pages
...our own. This noble affection falls not on vulgar and common constitutions, but on such as are mark'd for virtue: he that can love his friend with this...bring our affections to look beyond the body, and cast an eye upon the soul, we have found out the true object, not only of friendship, but Charity ;...
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The Lancet, Volume 1

1854 - 736 pages
...begins at home.' This noble " affection falls not on vulgar and common constitutions, but " on such as are marked for virtue. He that can love his friend...ardour, will, in a competent degree, affect " all. I would not entertain a base design, or an action that " should call me villain, for the Indies, and...
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Miscellaneous Works of Sir Thomas Browne: With Some Account of the Author ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 348 pages
...their looks our own. This noble affection falls not on vulgar and common constitutions, but on such as are marked for virtue. He that can love his friend with this THE RELIGION OF A PH^ICtAN.' 125 .T- -- noble ardor, will, in a competent chsgree, aflect all. Now...
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