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 |
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... horn . Chap . 24. That all animals of the land are in their kind in the sea 344 Chap . 25. Concerning the common course of our diet , in making choice of some animals and abstaining from eating others Chap . 26. Of the spermaceti whale ...
... horn . Chap . 24. That all animals of the land are in their kind in the sea 344 Chap . 25. Concerning the common course of our diet , in making choice of some animals and abstaining from eating others Chap . 26. Of the spermaceti whale ...
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... horns , he mentions , on the subject of Griffins , having seen in Sir Rob . Cotton's library a griffin's claw , p . 7. Discussing the story of the ostrich swallowing iron , he mentions having seen one eat pellets of chewed paper as ...
... horns , he mentions , on the subject of Griffins , having seen in Sir Rob . Cotton's library a griffin's claw , p . 7. Discussing the story of the ostrich swallowing iron , he mentions having seen one eat pellets of chewed paper as ...
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... horns all the earth is poised . 3 A third cause of common errors . ] The first cause being mistake , or misapprehension ; the second fallacious , or false inferences . 4 How the noble Geber , & c . ] Sale's Koran having been in vain exa ...
... horns all the earth is poised . 3 A third cause of common errors . ] The first cause being mistake , or misapprehension ; the second fallacious , or false inferences . 4 How the noble Geber , & c . ] Sale's Koran having been in vain exa ...
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... horn , there is therefore no such thing in nature . Indeed , intending an accurate enumeration of medical materials , the omission united had not , he assured them , as much knowledge as was contained in his own beard , and the hairs ...
... horn , there is therefore no such thing in nature . Indeed , intending an accurate enumeration of medical materials , the omission united had not , he assured them , as much knowledge as was contained in his own beard , and the hairs ...
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... horns and bodies resolvable into continued parts or jelly ; the like is observable in oiled paper , wherein , the interstitial divisions being continuated by the accession of oil , it becometh more transparent , and admits the visible ...
... horns and bodies resolvable into continued parts or jelly ; the like is observable in oiled paper , wherein , the interstitial divisions being continuated by the accession of oil , it becometh more transparent , and admits the visible ...
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