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The Books
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
CONTENTS
Of Truth
Of Death
Of Unity In Religion
Of Revenge
Of Adversity
Of Simulation And Dissimulation
Of Parents And Children
Of Marriage And Single Life
Of Envy
Of Love
Of Great Place
Of Boldness
Of Goodness and Goodness Of Nature
Of Nobility
Of Seditions And Troubles
Of Atheism
Of Superstition
Of Travel
Of Empire
Of Counsel
Of Delays
Of Cunning
Of Wisdom For A Man’s Self
Of Innovations
Of Dispatch
Of Seeming Wise
Of Friendship
Of Expense
Of the True Greatness Of Kingdoms And Estates
Of Regiment Of Health
Of Suspicion
Of Discourse
Of Plantations
Of Riches
Of Prophecies
Of Ambition
Of Masques And Triumphs
Of Nature In Men
Of Custom And Education
Of Fortune
Of Usury
Of Youth And Age
Of Beauty
Of Deformity
Of Building
Of Gardens
Of Negotiating
Of Followers And Friends
Of Suitors
Of Studies
Of Faction
Of Ceremonies, And Respects
Of Praise
Of Vain-glory
Of Honor And Reputation
Of Judicature
Of Anger
Of Vicissitude Of Things
Of Fame
A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases
The Colours of Good and Evil
CONTENTS
TO THE LORD MOUNTJOYE.
OF THE COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Meditationes Sacrae
CONTENTS
OF THE WORKS OF GOD AND MAN.
OF THE MIRACLES OF OUR SAVIOUR.
OF THE INNOCENCY OF THE DOVE, AND THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT.
OF THE EXALTATION OF CHARITY.
OF THE MODERATION OF CARES.
OF EARTHLY HOPE.
OF HYPOCRITES.
OF IMPOSTORS.
OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF IMPOSTURE.
OF ATHEISM.
OF HERESIES.
OF THE CHURCH AND THE SCRIPTURES.
Valerius Terminus of the Interpretation of Nature
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Advancement and Proficience of Learning Divine and Human
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
THE FIRST BOOK OF FRANCIS BACON; OF THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, DIVINE AND HUMAN.
THE SECOND BOOK.
In Felicem Memoriam Elizabethae
CONTENTS
TO THE READER.
THE FELICITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH: WRIT, BY SIR FRANCIS BACON.
De Sapientia Veterum
CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Instauratio Magna
CONTENTS
Proem
Epistle Dedicatory
Preface
The Plan of the Great Instauration
The Arguments of the Several Parts
Novum Organum Scientiarum
CONTENTS
WOOD AND DEVEY TRANSLATION.
PREFACE
APHORISMS - BOOK I. ON THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE AND THE EMPIRE OF MAN
APHORISMS - BOOK II. ON THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE, OR THE REIGN OF MAN
ORIGINAL LATIN TEXT.
PRAEFATIO.
DISTRIBUTIO OPERIS
PRAEFATIO.
APHORISMUS.
LIBER SECUNDUS
History of the Reign of King Henry VII
Translation of Certain Psalms into English Verse
CONTENTS
TO HIS VERY GOOD FRIEND, MR. GEORGE HERBERT.
THE TRANSLATION OF THE Ist PSALM.
THE TRANSLATION OF THE XIIth PSALM.
THE TRANSLATION OF THE XCth PSALM.
THE TRANSLATION OF THE CIVth PSALM.
THE TRANSLATION OF THE CXXVIth PSALM
THE TRANSLATION OF THE CXXXVIIth PSALM.
THE TRANSLATION OF THE CXLIXth PSALM.
Preparative toward a Natural and Experimental History
CONTENTS
Description of a Natural and Experimental History Such as May Serve for the Foundation of a True Philosophy
Aphorisms on the Composition of the Primary History
CATALOGUE OF PARTICULAR HISTORIES BY TITLES
New Atlantis
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE NEW ATLANTIS
Sylva Sylvarvm
CONTENTS
TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To the Reader.
I. Century.
II. Century.
III. Century.
CONSENT OF VISIBLES, and Audibles.
DISSENTS OF VISIBLES, and Audibles.
IV. Century.
V. Century.
VI. Century.
VII. Century.
VIII. Century.
IX. Century.
X. Century.
A TABLE OF the Experiments.
Century. I.
Century. II.
Century. III.
Century. IV.
Century. V.
Century. VI.
Century. VII.
Century. VIII.
Century. IX.
Century. X.
Theological Tracts
CONTENTS
A PRAYER, OR PSALM, MADE BY THE LORD BACON, CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.
A PRAYER MADE AND USED BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR BACON
THE STUDENT’S PRAYER.
THE WRITER’S PRAYER.
The Union of the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England
CONTENTS
FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, SIR ANDREW RAMSAY KNIGHT, BARRON OF ABBOTS-HALL, &C. LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH, AND ONE OF HIS MAJESTIES MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL.
A SPEECH USED BY SIR FRANCIS BACON IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, 50. JACOBI, CONCERNING THE ARTICLE OF GENERAL NATURALIZATION OF THE SCOTS NATION.
A SPEECH USED BY SIR FRANCIS BACON IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, BY OCCASION OF A MOTION CONCERNING THE UNION OF LAWS.
A BRIEF DISCOURSE, OF THE HAPPY UNION OF THE KINGDOMES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
CERTAIN ARTICLES OR CONSIDERATIONS, TOUCHING THE UNION OF THE KINGDOMS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
The Criticism
Bacon is Shake-Speare by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence
CONTENTS
TO THE READER
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
PROMUS OF FOURMES AND ELEGANCYES
PREFACE TO PROMUS
PROMUS OF FORMULARIES.
Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown by Andrew Lang
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I. THE BACONIAN AND ANTI-WILLIAN POSITIONS
II. THE “SILENCE” ABOUT SHAKESPEARE
III. THAT IMPOSSIBLE HE - THE SCHOOLING OF SHAKESPEARE
IV. MR. COLLINS ON SHAKESPEARE’S LEARNING
V. SHAKESPEARE, GENIUS, AND SOCIETY
VI. THE COURTLY PLAYS: “LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST”
VII. CONTEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF WILL AS AUTHOR
VIII. “THE SILENCE OF PHILIP HENSLOWE”
IX. THE LATER LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE - HIS MONUMENT AND PORTRAITS
X. “THE TRADITIONAL SHAKSPERE”
XI. THE FIRST FOLIO
XII. BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE
XIII. THE PREOCCUPATIONS OF BACON
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I. “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA”
APPENDIX II. CHETTLE’S SUPPOSED ALLUSION TO WILL SHAKSPERE
Forty Years of Bacon-Shakespeare Folly by John Fiske
The Classification of the Sciences - Francis Bacon by Walter Libby
The Biographies
Bacon by R. W. Church
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
The Mystery of Francis Bacon by William T. Smedley
PREFACE.
Chapter I. SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
Chapter II. THE STOCK FROM WHICH BACON CAME.
Chapter III. FRANCIS BACON, 1560 TO 1572.
Chapter IV. AT CAMBRIDGE.
Chapter V. EARLY COMPOSITIONS.
Chapter VI. BACON’S “TEMPORIS PARTUS MAXIMUS.”
Chapter VII. BACON’S FIRST ALLEGORICAL ROMANCE.
Chapter VIII. BACON IN FRANCE, 1576-1579.
Chapter IX. BACON’S SUIT ON HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1580.
Chapter X. THE RARE AND UNACCUSTOMED SUIT.
Chapter XI. BACON’S SECOND VISIT TO THE CONTINENT AND AFTER.
Chapter XII. IS IT PROBABLE THAT BACON LEFT MANUSCRIPTS HIDDEN AWAY?
Chapter XIII. HOW THE ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE WAS PRODUCED.
Chapter XIV. THE CLUE TO THE MYSTERY OF BACON’S LIFE.
Chapter XV. BURGHLEY AND BACON.
Chapter XVI. THE 1623 FOLIO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS.
Chapter XVII. THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE BIBLE, 1611.
Chapter XVIII. HOW BACON MARKED BOOKS WITH THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH HE WAS CONNECTED.
Chapter XIX. BACON AND EMBLEMATA.
Chapter XX. SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS.
Chapter XXI. BACON’S LIBRARY.
Chapter XXII. TWO GERMAN OPINIONS ON SHAKESPEARE AND BACON.
Chapter XXIII. THE TESTIMONY OF BACON’S CONTEMPORARIES.
Chapter XXIV. THE MISSING FOURTH PART OF “THE GREAT INSTAURATION.”
Chapter XXV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF BACON.
APPENDIX.
ROBERT BANKS AND SON, RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET.
Brief Biography: Francis Bacon by Robert Adamson
The Delphi Classics Catalogue
Series Contents
Alphabetical List of Titles
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