Notes from NYRB Classics
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature.
—from Thomas Browne’s Hydriotaphia, or Urne-Buriall.
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You can also obtain all three volumes of the works of Sir Thomas Browne for free for Kindle.
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I do! But who among us hasn’t glanced over old typeface and read “Obfervations” instead of “Observations”? Part of me...
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I think you mean Doctors of Phyſick. Unicode, Unicode, Unicode!
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I just got this! V excited to read it. nyrbclassics:
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