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Bacon's Essays

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Lee and Shepard, 1863 - 586 pages

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Contents

ESSAY	1

OF DEATH	14

OF REVENGE	52

OF ADVERSITY	60

OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION	72

OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN	81

OF ENVY	90

OF LOVE	100

OF PROPHECIES	377

OF AMBITION	384

OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS	388

OF NATURE IN MEN	392

OF CUSTOM IN EDUCATION	397

OF FORTUNE	411

OF USURY	416

OF YOUTH AND AGE	423

OF BOLDNESS	123

OF NOBILITY	134

OF ATHEISM	155

OF SUPERSTITION	163

OF TRAVEL	194

OF EMPIRE	200

XXL OF DELAYS	218

OF CUNNING	224

OF WISDOM FOR A MANS SELF	239

OF INNOVATIONS	246

OF DISPATCH	267

OF SEEMING WISE	273

OF FRIENDSHIP	280

OF EXPENSE	298

OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES	305

OF REGIMEN OF HEALTH	324

OF SUSPICION	330

OF DISCOURSE	344

OF PLANTATIONS	353

OF RICHES	366

OF BEAUTY	433

OF DEFORMITY	435

OF BUILDING	437

OF GARDENS	442

OF NEGOTIATING	451

OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS	465

OF SUITORS	469

OF STUDIES	472

OF FACTION	512

OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECTS	520

OF PRAISE	523

OF VAIN GLORY	536

OF HONOUR AND REPUTATION	541

OF JUDICATURE	549

OF ANGER	558

OF VICISSITUDES OF THINGS	564

A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY ON FAME	570

THE PRAISE of Knowledge	574

344	579

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Bibliographic information

Title	Bacon's Essays
Author	Francis Bacon
Edition	5
Publisher	Lee and Shepard, 1863
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	6 Feb 2009
Length	586 pages

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