THE

OF FRANCIS BACON

ESSAYS

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION
AND NOTES

BY

CLARK SUTHERLAND NORTHUP, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of the English Language and Literature in
Cornell University

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

The Life of Bacon

The Essays

Bibliographical Note

Chronological Table

ESSAYS

1. Of Truth

2. Of Death.

3. Of Unity in Religion

4. Of Revenge

5. Of Adversity

6. Of Simulation and Dissimulation

7. Of Parents and Children

8. Of Marriage and Single Life

9. Of Envy

10. Of Love.

11. Of Great Place

12. Of Boldness

13. Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature

14. Of Nobility

15. Of Seditions and Troubles

16. Of Atheism

17. Of Superstition

18. Of Travel

19. Of Empire

20. Of Counsel

21. Of Delays

22. Of Cunning.

23. Of Wisdom for a Man's Self

24. Of Innovations

25. Of Dispatch

26. Of Seeming Wise

27. Of Friendship

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