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The Essayes, Or Counsels, Civill & Morall of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam

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J.M. Dent, 1922 - 199 pages

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Contents

OF ENVY	24

X OF LOVE	29

OF GREAT PLACE	31

OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE XIV OF NOBILITY	35

OF EMPIRE	57

OF COUNSEL	62

OF DELAY	67

OF CUNNING	68

OF FRIENDSHIP	80

OF EXPENSE	87

OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES	89

OF SUSPICION	100

OF RICHES	107

OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS	115

OF USURY	123

OF BUILDING	133

OF WISDOM FOR A MANS SELF	72

OF INNOVATIONS	74

OF DISPATCH	76

OF SEEMING WISE	78

OF NEGOCIATING	144

OF JUDICATURE	162

87	185

OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS	195

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Essayes, Or Counsels, Civill & Morall of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam Issue 10 of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays Everyman's library. Essays
Author	Francis Bacon
Editor	William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
Contributor	William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
Edition	reprint
Publisher	J.M. Dent, 1922
Original from	Cornell University
Digitized	22 Mar 2012
Length	199 pages

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