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Bacon's Essays, Volume 1

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Francis Bacon, Richard Whately

Longmans, Green, 1882 - 620 pages

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Contents

ESSAY	1

OF ADVERSITY	70

OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION	83

OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN	92

OF LOVE	111

OF BOLDNESS	136

OF NOBILITY	147

OF ATHEISM	169

OF SUSPICION	354

OF DISCOURSE	368

OF PLANTATIONS	377

OF RICHES	392

OF PROPHECIES	403

OF AMBITION	410

OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS	415

OF NATURE OF MEN XXXIX OF CUSTOM AND EDUCATION	423

OF SUPERSTITION	177

OF TRAVEL	209

OF COUNSEL	224

OF DELAYS	234

OF CUNNING	241

OF WISDOM FOR A MANS SELF	257

OF INNOVATIONS	264

OF DISPATCH	288

OF SEEMING WISE	294

OF FRIENDSHIP	302

OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES	327

OF REGIMEN OF HEALTH	348

OF FORTUNE	437

OF USURY	442

OF YOUTH AND	449

OF BEAUTY	459

OF DEFORMITY	461

OF BUILDING	463

OF GARDENS	468

OF NEGOTIATING	477

OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS	493

OF SUITORS PAGE	498

320	613

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Bibliographic information

Title	Bacon's Essays, Volume 1 The London Series of English Classics
Authors	Francis Bacon, Richard Whately
Edition	5
Publisher	Longmans, Green, 1882
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	6 Feb 2009
Length	620 pages

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