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Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients

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Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients

Contents.

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Preface by B. Montagu, Esq.xi

Introductory Notice of the Life and Writings of Bacon, by A. Spiers, Ph. D.

1
ESSAYS; OR, COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL.
NO.
1.Of Truth1625; 57
2.Of Death1612;enlarged 162562
3.

Of Unity in Religion;

 

Of Religion 1612; rewritten 1625

65
4.Of Revenge1625; 73
5.Of Adversity1625; 75
6.

Of Simulation and Dissimulation

1625; 78
7.

Of Parents and Children

1612;enlarged 162582
8.

Of Marriage and Single Life

1612;slightly enlarged 162584
9.

Of Envy

1625; 87
10.

Of Love

1612;rewritten 162595
11.

Of Great Place

1612;slightly enlarged 162598
12.

Of Boldness

1625; 103
13.

Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature

1612;enlarged 1625105
14.

Of Nobility

1612;rewritten 1625110
15.

Of Seditions and Troubles

1625 113
16.

Of Atheism

1612;slightly enlarged 1625124
17.

Of Superstition

1612; ” ” 1625130
18.

Of Travel

1625; 132
19.

Of Empire

1612;much enlarged 1625135
20.

Of Counsels

1612;enlarged 1625143
21.

Of Delays

1625; 151
22.

Of Cunning

1612;rewritten 1625153
23.

Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self

1612;enlarged 1625159
24.

Of Innovations

1625; 161
25.

Of Dispatch

1612; 163
26.

Of Seeming Wise

1612; 166
27.

Of Friendship

1612;rewritten 1625168
28.

Of Expense

1597;enlarged 1612; and again 1625179
29.

Of the true Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates

1612;enlarged 1625181
30.

Of Regimen of Health

1597;enlarged 1612; again 1625195
31.

Of Suspicion

1625; 197
32.

Of Discourse

1597;slightly enlarged 1612; again 1625199
33.

Of Plantations

1625; 202
34.

Of Riches

1612;much enlarged 1625207
35.

Of Prophecies

1625; 212
36.

Of Ambition

1612;enlarged 1625217
37.

Of Masques and Triumphs

1625; 218
38.

Of Nature in Men

1612;enlarged 1625223
39.

Of Custom and Education

1612; ” ”225
40.

Of Fortune

1612;slightly enlarged 1625228
41.

Of Usury

1625; 231
42.

Of Youth and Age

1612;slightly enlarged 1625237
43.

Of Beauty

1612; ” ” 1625240
44.

Of Deformity

1612;somewhat altered 1625241
45.

Of Building

1625; 243
46.

Of Gardens

1625; 249
47.

Of Negotiating

1597;enlarged 1612; very slightly altered 1625259
48.

Of Followers and Friends

1597;slightly enlarged 1625261
49.

Of Suitors

1597;enlarged 1625264
50.

Of Studies

1597; ” 1625266
51.

Of Faction

1597;much enlarged 1625269
52.

Of Ceremonies and Respects

1597;enlarged 1625271
53.

Of Praise

1612; ” 1625273
54.

Of Vainglory

1612; 276
55.

Of Honor and Reputation

1597;omitted 1612; republished 1625279
56.

Of Judicature

1612; 282
57.

Of Anger

1625; 289
58.

Of the Vicissitude of Things

1625; 292