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Essays

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J.B. Alden, 1890 - 162 pages

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Contents

Of Truth	5

Of Revenge	14

Of Parents and Children	20

Of Great Place	30

Of Nobility	38

Of Atheism	46

Of Empire	53

Of Delays	63

Of Nature in Men	107

Of Usury	113

119	141

33	146

Of Anger	149

39	39

50	50

58	58

Of Innovations	69

Of Expense	80

Of Prophecies	101

64	64

70	70

80	80

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Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
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Title	Essays
Author	Francis Bacon
Publisher	J.B. Alden, 1890
Original from	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Digitized	27 Feb 2015
Length	162 pages

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