10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THAUMATOGRAPHY»
Discover the use of
thaumatography in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thaumatography and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best ...
Johnston makes it an article of his Thaumatography, and says very truly, the
structure of no city is better. Il'you read the description of the quadrangular city,
four feet long and a foot Wide, the streets wisely laid out, the convenient
granaries ...
2
A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... ...
... the Hebrew and Greek sestivals in 1660; " A Thaumatography" in 1661 ; and
some poems. JORDAN (Charles-Steph&n), a person distinguished more by his
connections, than by his works, was born at Berlin in 1700, and discovered early
a ...
3
A new and general biographical dictionary: containing an ...
... in 1675 ; nav'ng published "A Natural History of Birds, Fishes, " Quadrupeds,
Insects, Serpents, and Dragons," in 1653, folio : as also a piece upon the Hebrew
and Greek festivals in 1660; " A Thaumatography" in 1661; and some poems.
William Owen, William Johnston, 1784
4
Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
He wrote a natural history of birds, fish, quadrupeds, insects, serpents, and
dragons, in folio ; a piece upon the Hebrew and Greek festivals, a
thaumatography, and some poems. He died in 1675. JOPPA, a sea-port town in
Palestine, lying ...
Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig, 1797
5
Sextus Propertius: The Augustan Elegist
54 It is suggested below (p. 395) that Propertius had a source or sources in
thaumatography for his Sparta material. 55 Cartledge (1981) 91 understands
Euripides' attack on Sparta as 372 SEXTUS PROPERTIUS, THE AUGUSTAN
ELEGIST.
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A new and general biographical dictionary: containing an ...
... Quadrupeds, Insects, Serpents, and Dragons," in 1653, folio: as alfo a piece
upon the Hebrew and Greek sestivals in 16605 " A Thaumatography" in 1661 ;
and fome poems. JORDAN (Sir Joseph), a british admiral, who greatly
distinguished ...
William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares, 1798
7
Athletics and Literature in the Roman Empire
That, of course, is an effect which many other Olympic texts share. Pausanias, I
will suggest, carries the project of Olympic enumeration as thaumatography
furthest of all. How far does Phlegon's work fit in with these patterns? He, too,
treats the ...
8
A new and general biographical dictionary
... 1675, aged 72 years ; having published a natural history of birds, sifhes,
quadrupeds, insects, serpents, and dragons, in 1653, folio : as also a piece upon
the Hebrew and Greek festivals in 1660 : A thaumatography in 1661 ; and some
Kor.
New and general biographical dictionary, 1762
9
The Christian Philosopher
Johnston makes it an Article of his Thaumatography, and says very truly, Vix 15
ullius Urbis artificiosior Structura.73 If you read the Description of the
quadrangular City, four Foot long, and a Foot wide, the Streets wisely laid out, the
convenient ...
Cotton Mather, Winton U. Solberg, 2000
10
Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical ...
He published a natural History of Birds, Fishes, Quadrupeds, Insects, Serpents
and Dragons, folio, 1653— a treatise on Hebrew and Greek Festivals, 1660 —
Thaumatography 1661, Sec. Jokam, king of Israel after his brother Abaziah B. C.
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