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" The wisdom of God receives small honour from those vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works : those highly magnify him, whose judicious inquiry into his acts, and deliberate research into his creatures, return... "
The Intellectual Observer - Page 138
1863
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Religio medici. To which is added, sir Digby's Observations. Also critical notes

sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...his works ; thofe highly magnifie him whofe judicious enquiry into his a&s, and deliberate refearch into his creatures, return the duty of a devout and learned admiration. VII Therefore, (0 Therefore, Swch while, thou -wilt, and let thy reafon go, To ranfom truth, even to...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 pages
...about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works. Those highly magnify him, whose judicious enquiry into his acts, and deliberate research into his creatures,...return the duty of a devout and learned admiration. * * * * The second part contains various passages which elucidate the author's very curious, yet estimable...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works. Those highly magnify him, whose judicious enquiry into his acts, and deliberate research into his creatures,...return the duty of a devout and learned admiration. * * * * The second part contains various passages, which elucidate the author's very curious, yet estimable...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...a gross rusticity admire his works. Those highly magnify him, whose judicious enquiry into hisacts, and deliberate research into his creatures, return the duty of a devout and learned tion. • * * * The second part contains various passages which elucidate the author's very curious,...
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On the blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton. The Valley of the Rye ...

Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pages
...about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works : those highly magnify him whose judicious enquiry into his acts, and deliberate research into his creatures,...return the duty of a devout and learned admiration. — And this is almost all wherein an humble creature may endeavour to requite, and some way to retribute...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...The wisdom of God receives small honour from those vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works ; those highly magnify...return the duty of a devout and learned admiration. Now for these walls of flesh, wherein the soul doth seem to be immured before the resurrection, it...
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A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Volume 2

George Johnston - 1829 - 636 pages
...heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire His works ; those highly magnifie him, whose judicious inquiry into his acts, and deliberate...return the duty of a devout and learned admiration." CORRECTIONS. (Enanthe crocata, vol. ip 69. I have just ascertained that our Berwickshire plant contains...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...The wisdom of God receives small honour from those vulgar head* Unit rudely stare about, and with a. e, + aduiiratiou. Ghosts. I believe that the whole frame of a beast doth perish, and is left in the same...
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Miscellaneous Works of Sir Thomas Browne: With Some Account of the Author ...

Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 pages
...The wisdom of God receives small honor from those vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works. Those highly magnify...return the duty of a devout and learned admiration. Therefore, Search while thou wilt, and let thy reason go To ransom truth even to the abyss below ;...
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Religio Medici

Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 180 pages
...The wisdom of God receives small honour from those vulgar heads that rudely stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire his works : those highly magnify...return the duty of a devout and learned admiration. Therefore, Search while thou wilt, and let thy reason go To ransom truth, even to th' abyss below ;...
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