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" There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. Nature tells me I am the image of God, as well as Scripture : he that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson,... "
Evenings in Autumn: On the blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton. The ... - Page 208
by Nathan Drake - 1822
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 11

American fiction - 1903 - 1254 pages
...or little world, I find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us — something that was before the elements, and...Nature tells me I am the image of God, as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Religio medici. Pseudodoxia epidemica

Sir Thomas Browne - 1904 - 420 pages
...than the great. There is surely a piece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Element*, and owes no homage unto the Sun. Nature tells me I am the Image of God, as well as Scripture : he that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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Travellers Joy

William George Waters - English literature - 1906 - 342 pages
...three hundred and sixty. Though the number of the ark do measure my body, it comprehendeth not my mind. Whilst I study to find how I am a microcosm, or little...Nature tells me I am the image of God, as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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Teachers' and Students' Examinations: State and County Examination Questions ...

Walter Crady - Teachers - 1906 - 274 pages
...pleonasm, simile and climax. 10 6. What is wrong with the following: (a) Whom do you say they were? (b) Nature tells me, I am the image of God, as well as the Scripture. (c) Has the committee given in their report yet? (d) Nearly every one of the applicants were from the...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 3

Literature - 1909 - 378 pages
...little World, I find my self something more than the great. There is surely a piece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes...Nature tells me I am the Image of GOD, as well as Scripture : he that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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Continuity and Discontinuity in Church History: Essays Presented to George ...

George Huntston Williams, Frank Forrester Church, Timothy Francis George - Religion - 1979 - 458 pages
...and are separated from it. "There is surely a piece of divinity within us," says Sir Thomas Browne, "something that was before the elements and owes no homage unto the sun." We come from below in one sense: the very salt solution of our blood corresponds to that of the salt...
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Cancer, Stress, and Death

Stacey B. Day - Medical - 1986 - 402 pages
...is worth remembering Sir Thomas Browne's Religio Medici: "The world that I regard is myself. . . . Nature tells me, I am the image of God, as well as scripture. He that understands not thus much hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet...
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Return of the Rishi: A Doctor's Story of Spiritual Transformation and ...

Deepak Chopra - Health & Fitness - 1991 - 228 pages
...heaven was inside ourselves, because in another place he said, "There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun." Priya's mother is a little worried that her daughter looks at rugs, glasses, and chairs as if they...
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An Examined Faith: Social Context and Religious Commitment

Jonathan Adams, James Luther Adams - Religion - 1991 - 404 pages
...and are separated from it. "There is surely a piece of divinity within us," says Sir Thomas Browne, "something that was before the elements and owes no homage unto the sun." We come from below in one sense: the very salt solution of our blood corresponds to that of the salt...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...and a place, not to live, but to die in. 1617 Religio Medici There is surely a piece of divinity in To something like prophetic strain. 7509 The Judgement of Martin Bucer I owe 1618 Religlo Medici We term sleep a death, and yet it is waking that kills us, and destroys those spirits...
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