tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post8370099464950267542..comments2024-01-08T22:41:34.409+00:00Comments on Aquarium of Vulcan: Sir Thomas Browne on AmericaKevin Faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-16100145650757188952010-11-27T08:25:32.622+00:002010-11-27T08:25:32.622+00:00I'll go check it. I think I saw links in your ...I'll go check it. I think I saw links in your blog to these online works before? ... I'm not totally averse to e-books but I guess when it comes to Sir TB a physical book is more handy.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-20524122362337711442010-11-26T22:19:00.974+00:002010-11-26T22:19:00.974+00:00Your appreciation is much appreciated teegee!Your appreciation is much appreciated teegee!Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-44959686968565318182010-11-26T22:07:28.457+00:002010-11-26T22:07:28.457+00:00Yes, indeed, I found this post so fine that I coul...Yes, indeed, I found this post so fine that I could think of nothing more that I could say.teegeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719991678290299753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-48395271045828996782010-11-26T16:51:54.830+00:002010-11-26T16:51:54.830+00:00Well I thank you kindly Rise. Although the site is...Well I thank you kindly Rise. Although the site is temporarily down, Browne's major works are all available online at the University of Chicago Penelope site. But I guess you're the kind of book-lover who likes to hold the object of his affection in your hands!Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-32470110555759455712010-11-26T08:13:27.041+00:002010-11-26T08:13:27.041+00:00Brilliant post. I recognize one of the quotes from...Brilliant post. I recognize one of the quotes from Max in The Rings of Saturn, which he extended at length: <br /><br />"As I sat there that evening in Southwold overlooking the German Ocean, I sensed quite clearly the earth's slow turning into the dark. The huntsmen are up in America, writes Thomas Browne, in <i>The Garden of Cyrus</i>, and they are already past their first sleep in Persia. The shadow of night is drawn like a black veil across the earth, and since almost all creatures, from one meridian to the next, lie down after the sun has set, so, he continues, one might, in following the setting sun, see on our globe nothing but prone bodies, row upon row, as if levelled by the scythe of Saturn - an endless graveyard for a humanity struck by falling sickness."<br /><br />One of these days I'll be hunting for Browne's discourses in the bookstores, try to delve into the brambles.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-66953143039588909172010-11-25T16:21:31.692+00:002010-11-25T16:21:31.692+00:00Hi Stu! Glad the post amazed you !Hi Stu! Glad the post amazed you !Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-52788251570252513132010-11-25T14:33:06.312+00:002010-11-25T14:33:06.312+00:00amazing he wrote so much on what was a new land at...amazing he wrote so much on what was a new land at the time he was writing ,all the best stuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com