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Bacon's Essays

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Francis Bacon, Richard Whately

John W. Parker, 1857 - Conduct of life - 550 pages

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OF ADVERSITY	52

OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION	64

OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN	71

OF LOVE	88

OF BOLDNESS	109

OF NOBILITY	119

OF ATHEISM	140

OF SUPERSTITION	153

OF FRIENDSHIP	259

OF EXPENSE	277

ESTATES	283

OF REGIMEN OF HEALTH	301

OF DISCOURSE	320

OF PLANTATIONS	329

OF RICHES	342

OF PROPHECIES	353

OF TRAVEL	178

OF EMPIRE	184

OF DELAYS	198

OF CUNNING	204

OF WISDOM FOR MANS SELF	225

OF DISPATCH	246

OF SEEMING WISE	252

OF AMBITION	360

OF NATURE IN	367

OF USURY	390

OF YOUTH AND	397

353	410

THE PRAISE OF KNOWLEDGE	536

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Bibliographic information

Title	Bacon's Essays
Authors	Francis Bacon, Richard Whately
Editor	Richard Whately
Compiled by	Richard Whately
Edition	3
Publisher	John W. Parker, 1857
Original from	Ghent University
Digitized	27 Nov 2009
Length	550 pages

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