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DEC 28 1923

HARVARD

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LIBRARY

Substituted for a copy lost
(Jaylor find)

IN MEMORY OF

MY MOTHER

JULIA ANNE BOYER SCOTT

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I Francis Bacon

II The Essays

TITLE-PAGE OF THE THIRD EDITION OF THE ESSAYS

CONTENTS

XI Of Great Place

XII Of Boldness

XIII Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature

XIV Of Nobility

XV Of Seditions and Troubles

XXVIII Of Expense

XXIX Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and

Estates

XXX Of Regiment of Health

XXXI Of Suspicion

XXXII Of Discourse

XXXIII Of Plantations

XXXIV Of Riches

XXXV Of Prophecies

XXXVI Of Ambition

✓ XXXVII Of Masques and Triumphs

XXXVIII Of Nature in Men

-XXXIX Of Custom and Education

XL Of Fortune

XLI Of Usury

XLII Of Youth and Age

XLIII Of Beauty

XLIV Of Deformity

XLV Of Building

XLVI Of Gardens

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