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 - Christianity |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page ii
... earth an hundred years in preparation ; that a carbuncle gives a light in the dark ; of the eagle stone ; of fairy stones ; with some others Chap . 6. Of sundry tenets concerning vegetables or plants , which , examined , prove either ...
... earth an hundred years in preparation ; that a carbuncle gives a light in the dark ; of the eagle stone ; of fairy stones ; with some others Chap . 6. Of sundry tenets concerning vegetables or plants , which , examined , prove either ...
Page xxii
... earth , " which admitting ( says he ) nei- ther ornament , epitaph , nor inscription , may , if earthquakes spare them , outlast other monuments : obelisks have their term , and pyramids will tumble ; but these mountainous monuments may ...
... earth , " which admitting ( says he ) nei- ther ornament , epitaph , nor inscription , may , if earthquakes spare them , outlast other monuments : obelisks have their term , and pyramids will tumble ; but these mountainous monuments may ...
Page xxvii
... the city of London . " ( Then follows the text , to p . xxix . ) * Moses , Josephus , Antoninus , Cardan , Junius , Bishop Hall , & c . +1 Cor . ii . 11 . Г earth he had such a minute and exact geographical c 2 SIR THOMAS BROWNE . xxvii.
... the city of London . " ( Then follows the text , to p . xxix . ) * Moses , Josephus , Antoninus , Cardan , Junius , Bishop Hall , & c . +1 Cor . ii . 11 . Г earth he had such a minute and exact geographical c 2 SIR THOMAS BROWNE . xxvii.
Page xxviii
Sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. Г earth he had such a minute and exact geographical knowledge , as if he had been by Divine Providence ordained surveyor- general of the whole terrestrial orb , and its products , minerals , plants , and ...
Sir Thomas Browne Simon Wilkin. Г earth he had such a minute and exact geographical knowledge , as if he had been by Divine Providence ordained surveyor- general of the whole terrestrial orb , and its products , minerals , plants , and ...
Page xlvii
... earth , sixteen yards ; about half a yard above that , near twelve yards in circuit ; the height , to the uppermost boughs , about thirty yards . This surmounts the famous Tilia of Zurich , in Swit- zerland ; and uncertain it is ...
... earth , sixteen yards ; about half a yard above that , near twelve yards in circuit ; the height , to the uppermost boughs , about thirty yards . This surmounts the famous Tilia of Zurich , in Swit- zerland ; and uncertain it is ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2nd edition affirm affirmeth amber ancient animals appears aqua aqua fortis Aristotle assertion attraction basilisk behold believe birds bodies Browne called cause CHAPTER common commonly conceive concretion confirmed creatures crystal Ctesias delivered deny Dioscorides doth doubt earth effect eggs Egyptian elephant enquiry error especially experiment eyes fire Galen gall gall-bladder glass glass of antimony Greek ground hath head heat Herodotus hieroglyphic Hippocrates Horapollo horn horse hyæna illation iron Lastly legs loadstone magnetic mineral miseltoe nature needle notwithstanding observed opinion oviparous Paracelsus paragraph passage Pierius plants Pliny Plutarch poison pole probably quadrupeds reason received relations Religio Medici remarkable salt saltpetre Scaliger seed seems sense serpents Sir Thomas Solinus sometimes spermaceti spirits steel stone strange substance sulphur thereof things tion tree true truth unto verity viper virtue vitrified viviparous vulgar whereby wherein writers