The Works Of Sir Thomas Browne Vol 3 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Vol. 3 Tract 8. Of languages, and particularly of the Saxon tongue; Tract 9. Of artificial hills, mounts, or burrows, in many parts of England; what they are, to what end raised, and by what nations; Tract 10. Of Troas, what place is meant by that name. Also of the situations of Sodom, Gomorrha, Admah, Zeboim, in the Red Sea; Tract 11. Of the answers of the oracle of Apollo at Delphos to Cr sus king of Lydia; Tract 12. A prophecy concerning the future state of several nations, in a letter written upon occasion of an old prophecy sent to the author from a friend, with a request that he would consider it; Tract 13. Musaeum Clausum, or Bibliotheca Abscondita; containing some remarkable books, antiquities, pictures, and rarities of several kinds, scarce or never seen by any man now living; Miscellanies: - viz. concerning the too nice curiosity of censuring the present, or judging into future dispensations; Upon reading Hudibras; An account of Island (alias Iceland, ) in the year 1662; Latin letters from Theodore Jonas, pastor of Hitterdale, in Iceland, to Dr. Browne, 1651, 1656, and 1664; Unpublished Papers; Fragment on Mummies (from transcript by Jas. Crossley, Esq.); De Peste(from MS. Sloan. No. 1827, fol. 44-48); A brief reply to several queries (Ib. 1827, fol. 49); Naval fights (Ib. 1827, fol. 59-60); Amico opus arduum meditanti (Ib. 1827, fol. 61-64); Naumachia (Ib. 1827, fol. 65-68) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Sir Thomas Browne's Works, Vol. 3: Including His Life and Correspondence And for the accomplishment of that intention, that is, to look up and behold the heavens, man hath a notable dis advantage in the eye-lid, whereof the upper is far greater than the lower, which abridgeth the sight upwards contrary to those of birds, who herein have the advantage of man; insomuch that the learned Plempius is bold to affirm, that if he had had the formation of the eye-lids, he would have con trived them quite otherwise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Vol. 3: Containing Burial, Christian Morals, Miscellanies, Correspondence, Etc Up on the dark thick mist happening on the 27th of Nov. 1674 Account of a thunderstorm at Norwich, 1665 On dreams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Sir Thomas Browne Sir Archibald Geikie, to Dr. Norman Moore, and to Dr. John Peile, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge. The zoological pages have undergone the revision of Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell. Mr. James Fitzmaurice Kelly has read the proofs throughout, to their sub stantial advantage. For all this kindness I tender, once more, my warmest thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Vol. 2 Griffins; hereby we may understand some stronger chap. Sort of Eagles. And therefore also when its said in X1 Virgil of an improper Match, or Mopsus marrying Nysa, Jungenturjam gryphes equis; we need not hunt after other sense, then that strange unions shall be made, and different Natures be conjoined together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.