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Thomas Burnett
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Thomas Burnett : Theory of the Earth
'On Tuesday the 10th. I began reading Burret's "Theory of the Earth", w'ch I found in my library, in w'ch I soon became so interested that I devoted the whole of every evening to it, 'till I had finish'd it.'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: John Marsh Print: Book
Thomas Burnett : The Sacred Theory of the Earth
Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 24 February - 2 March 1796 'When we meet I will shew you a most elegant piece of latin on the eternity of future punishment extracted from Thomas Burnett — Author of The Theory of Earth a book which equals Milton in sublimity, & which for ingenuity never perhaps was equalled.'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Southey Manuscript: Sheet
Thomas Burnett : De Statu Mortuorum
Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 24 February - 2 March 1796 'When we meet I will shew you a most elegant piece of latin on the eternity of future punishment extracted from Thomas Burnett — Author of The Theory of Earth a book which equals Milton in sublimity, & which for ingenuity never perhaps was equalled.'
