How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellowes as I put them down.
About John Aubrey
John Aubrey was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. He was a pioneer archaeologist, who recordednumerous megalithic and other field monuments in southern England, and who is particularly noted for his systematic examination of the Avebury henge monument.
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I have been in danger of being drowned twice.
English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)
The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford.
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The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men.
English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)
If Solomon counts the day of one’s death better than the day of one’s birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one’s remarkable and happy days.
English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)
How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellowes as I put them down.
English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)