CONTENTS.

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Preface by B. Montagu, Esq.[xi]

Introductory Notice of the Life and Writings of Bacon, byA. Spiers, Ph. D.

[1]
ESSAYS; OR, COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL.
NO.
1.Of Truth1625; [57]
2.Of Death1612;enlarged 1625[62]
3.

Of Unity in Religion;

Of Religion 1612; rewritten 1625

[65]
4.Of Revenge1625; [73]
5.Of Adversity1625; [75]
6.

Of Simulation and Dissimulation

1625; [78]
7.

Of Parents and Children

1612;enlarged 1625[82]
8.

Of Marriage and Single Life

1612;slightly enlarged 1625[84]
9.

Of Envy

1625; [87]
10.

Of Love

1612;rewritten 1625[95]
11.

Of Great Place

1612;slightly enlarged 1625[98]
12.

Of Boldness

1625; [103]
13.

Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature

1612;enlarged 1625[105]
14.

Of Nobility

1612;rewritten 1625[110]
15.

Of Seditions and Troubles

1625 [113]
16.

Of Atheism

1612;slightly enlarged 1625[124]
17.

Of Superstition

1612; ” ” 1625[130]
18.

Of Travel

1625; [132]
19.

Of Empire

1612;much enlarged 1625[135]
20.

Of Counsels

1612;enlarged 1625[143]
21.

Of Delays

1625; [151]
22.

Of Cunning

1612;rewritten 1625[153]
23.

Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self

1612;enlarged 1625[159]
24.

Of Innovations

1625; [161]
25.

Of Dispatch

1612; [163]
26.

Of Seeming Wise

1612; [166]
27.

Of Friendship

1612;rewritten 1625[168]
28.

Of Expense

1597;enlarged 1612; and again 1625[179]
29.

Of the true Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates

1612;enlarged 1625[181]
30.

Of Regimen of Health

1597;enlarged 1612; again 1625[195]
31.

Of Suspicion

1625; [197]
32.

Of Discourse

1597;slightly enlarged 1612; again 1625[199]
33.

Of Plantations

1625; [202]
34.

Of Riches

1612;much enlarged 1625[207]
35.

Of Prophecies

1625; [212]
36.

Of Ambition

1612;enlarged 1625[217]
37.

Of Masques and Triumphs

1625; [218]
38.

Of Nature in Men

1612;enlarged 1625[223]
39.

Of Custom and Education

1612; ” ”[225]
40.

Of Fortune

1612;slightly enlarged 1625[228]
41.

Of Usury

1625; [231]
42.

Of Youth and Age

1612;slightly enlarged 1625[237]
43.

Of Beauty

1612; ” ” 1625[240]
44.

Of Deformity

1612;somewhat altered 1625[241]
45.

Of Building

1625; [243]
46.

Of Gardens

1625; [249]
47.

Of Negotiating

1597;enlarged 1612; very slightly altered 1625[259]
48.

Of Followers and Friends

1597;slightly enlarged 1625[261]
49.

Of Suitors

1597;enlarged 1625[264]
50.

Of Studies

1597; ” 1625[266]
51.

Of Faction

1597;much enlarged 1625[269]
52.

Of Ceremonies and Respects

1597;enlarged 1625[271]
53.

Of Praise

1612; ” 1625[273]
54.

Of Vainglory

1612; [276]
55.

Of Honor and Reputation

1597;omitted 1612; republished 1625[279]
56.

Of Judicature

1612; [282]
57.

Of Anger

1625; [289]
58.

Of the Vicissitude of Things

1625; [292]