Author : Simon Wilkin
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ISBN 13 : 9781331486749
Total Pages : 568 pages
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Book Synopsis The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) by : Simon Wilkin
Download or read book The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Simon Wilkin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Browne, 1651, 1656, and 1664; Unpublished Papers; Fragment on Mummies (from transcript by Jas.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."
