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Bacon's Essays

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Parker, 1858 - 588 pages

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ESSAY	1

OF UNITY IN RELIGION	20

OF REVENGE	53

OF SIMULATION	72

OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN	82

OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE	88

OF LOVE	101

OF BOLDNESS	124

OF FORTUNE	413

OF USURY	418

OF YOUTH AND	425

OF BEAUTY	435

OF DEFORMITY	437

OF BUILDING	439

OF GARDENS	444

OF NEGOTIATING	453

OF NOBILITY	135

OF ATHEISM	156

OF SUPERSTITION	170

OF TRAVEL	195

OF EXPENSE	300

OF THE TRUE ESTATES PAGE 300 GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS	307

OF REGIMEN OF HEALTH	326

OF SUSPICION	332

OF DISCOURSE	346

OF PLANTATIONS	355

OF RICHES	368

OF PROPHECIES	379

OF AMBITION	386

OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS	390

OF NATURE IN	394

OF CUSTOM AND EDUCATION	400

OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS	467

OF SUITORS	471

OF STUDIES	474

OF FACTION	514

OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECTS	521

OF PRAISE	525

OF VAIN GLORY	538

OF HONOUR AND REPUTATION	543

OF JUDICATURE	551

OF ANGER	560

OF VICISSITUDES OF THINGS	566

A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY ON FAME	572

THE PRAISE OF KNOWLEDGE	576

346	581

241	582

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Bacon's Essays, Volume 2
Francis Bacon
Full view - 1881

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Bibliographic information

Title	Bacon's Essays
Author	Francis Bacon
Edition	4
Publisher	Parker, 1858
Original from	Library of Catalonia
Digitized	27 Jun 2008
Length	588 pages

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