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Essays

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H. Milford, 1921

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Contents

Of Truth	1

Of Death	3

Of Unity in Religion	5

Of Revenge	10

Of Adversity	11

Of Simulation and Dissimulation	12

Of Parents and Children	16

Of Marriage and Single Life	17

Of Atheism	43

Of Superstition	46

Of Travel	48

Of Empire L	50

Of Counsel	55

Of Delays	60

Of Cunning	61

Of Wisdom for a Mans Self	65

Of Envy	19

Of Love	25

Of Great Place 4	26

Of Boldness	30

Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature	32

Of Nobility	34

Of Seditions and Troubles	36

Of Innovations	66

Of Dispatch	68

Of Seeming Wise	69

Of Friendship	70

Of Expense	79

Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates	80

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Title	Essays
Author	Francis Bacon
Edition	reprint
Publisher	H. Milford, 1921
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	31 Jan 2019

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