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Professor Burnet's Early Greek Philosophy, or his Greek Philosophy from Thales to Plato, throws light on history and not merely on the Greek theory of knowledge. And the reader should make acquaintance with the little work on 'Atmospheres, Waters, and Localities' emanating from the Hippokratean school of medicine. Here is one passage which might have been written in Victorian England.
LITERATURE. See lists of works on general history, p. 16; on modern history, p. 395; on the history of particular countries, p. 359. General Works on the Period. Europas seit d. Reformation in France. The Revolt of the Netherlands. The Reformation in England. The Histories of Macaulay. Lingard, Froude, Burnet's History of the Reformation in England. On the Reformation in Scotland.
Amongst these were Condorcet's 'Eloge of Haller, Sir Joshua Reynolds' 'Discourses, the writings of Bacon, and 'Burnet's Account of Sir Matthew Hale. The perusal of the last-mentioned book the portrait of a prodigy of labour Horner says, filled him with enthusiasm.
See also Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 vols., London, 1679-1715; Neal's History of the Puritans, London, 1793; Tulloch, Leaders of the Reformation, Boston, 1859.
Natural history, the mines, mineral waters, as well as manners and customs, are described in this work, which bears a good character. The author was physician to Charles II., to Bartholomew Hospital, and afterwards President of the College of Physicians. Bishop Burnet's Letters on Switzerland and Italy. 1686. 8vo. Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.
C. happened to be now in Bristol, when the former was summoned home on account of Burnet's sudden and serious illness. On reaching Stowey, Mr. C. sent me the following letter. "Stowey. My dear friend, I found George Burnet ill enough, heaven knows, Yellow Jaundice, -the introductory symptoms very violent. I return to Bristol on Thursday, and shall not leave till all be done. Remind Mrs.
"Ah, a woman's bashful blushes, what an exquisite sight!" cried the king, and while he wildly pressed Catharine to his bosom, he continued: "Oh, are we not foolish and short-sighted men, all of us, yes, even we kings? "Burnet's History of the Reformation of the Church of England." "Come, Kate, give me a kiss.
Had he known of Clarendon's preparations to become the historian of the Commonwealth and Restoration, or of Burnet's habits of preserving memoirs of the incidents and characters around him, he might have conjectured their probable honors in after-times.
Cassalis to Cromwell: State Papers, Vol. VII. pp. 620, 621. State Papers, Vol. VII. pp. 620, 621. Strype's Memor. Eccles., Vol. These words are curious as directly attributing the conduct of the monks to the influence of More and Fisher. Cromwell to Gardiner: Burnet's Collectanea, pp. 460, 461.
She was only glad her father esteemed him. So then foolish, fond Sir Marmaduke told her all that had passed, and if it had not been too late, he would have sent for Mericour from Lady Burnet's; but his own story did almost as well in bringing back Lucy's soft pink color.
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