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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne Volume I

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Author
Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682
Title
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 1
Credits
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Religion and medicine
Category
Text
eBook-No.
39960
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39960
Release Date
July 24, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFATORY NOTE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ANNOTATIONS UPON RELIGIO MEDICI
  5. 5.THE ANNOTATOR TO THE READER
  6. 6.ANNOTATIONS UPON RELIGIO MEDICI — THE FIRST PART
  7. 7.THE SECOND PART
  8. 8.A Letter sent upon the information of Animadversions to come forth, upon the imperfect and surreptitious copy of Religio Medici, whilst this true one was going to Press .
  9. 9.TO THE READER
  10. 10.RELIGIO MEDICI
  11. 11.THE SECOND PART
  12. 12.PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA OR ENQUIRIES INTO VERY MANY RECEIVED TENENTS AND COMMONLY PRESUMED TRUTHS
  13. 13.TO THE READER — THE POSTSCRIPT
  14. 14.THE FIRST BOOK OR GENERAL PART
  15. 15.CHAPTER I Of the Causes of Common Errors.
  16. 16.CHAPTER II A further Illustration of the same.
  17. 17.CHAPTER III Of the second cause of Popular Errors; the erroneous disposition of the People.
  18. 18.CHAPTER IV
  19. 19.CHAPTER V Of Credulity and Supinity.
  20. 20.CHAPTER VI Of adherence unto Antiquity.
  21. 21.CHAPTER VII Of Authority.
  22. 22.CHAPTER VIII A brief enumeration of Authors.
  23. 23.CHAPTER IX Of the Same.
  24. 24.CHAPTER X Of the last and common Promoter of false Opinions, the endeavours of Satan.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XI A further Illustration.
  26. 26.THE SECOND BOOK Of sundry popular Tenets concerning Mineral, and vegetable bodies, generally held for truth; which examined, prove either false, or dubious.
  27. 27.CHAPTER I Of Crystal.
  28. 28.CHAPTER II Concerning the Loadstone.
  29. 29.CHAPTER III
  30. 30.CHAPTER IV Of Bodies Electrical.
  31. 31.CHAPTER V
  32. 32.CHAPTER VI
  33. 33.CHAPTER VII Of some Insects, and the properties of several Plants.
  34. 34.THE THIRD BOOK Of divers popular and received Tenets concerning Animals, which examined, prove either false or dubious.
  35. 35.CHAPTER I Of the Elephant.
  36. 36.CHAPTER II Of the Horse.
  37. 37.CHAPTER III Of the Dove.
  38. 38.CHAPTER IV Of the Bever.
  39. 39.CHAPTER V Of the Badger.
  40. 40.CHAPTER VI Of the Bear.
  41. 41.CHAPTER VII Of the Basilisk.
  42. 42.CHAPTER VIII Of the Wolf.
  43. 43.CHAPTER IX Of the Deer.
  44. 44.CHAPTER X Of the King-fisher.
  45. 45.Transcriber’s Notes:

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