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The Essays of Francis Bacon/The Table

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The Essays of Francis Bacon (1908)
by Francis Bacon, edited by Mary Augusta Scott
The Table
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THE TABLE


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.

28. Of Expense.

29. Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates.

30. Of Regiment of Health.

31. Of Suspicion.

32. Of Discourse.

33. Of Plantations.

34. Of Riches.

35. Of Prophecies.

36. Of Ambition.

37. Of Masks and Triumphs.

38. Of Nature in Men.

39. Of Custom and Education.

40. Of Fortune.

41. Of Usury.

42. Of Youth and Age.

43. Of Beauty.

44. Of Deformity. 45. Of Building.

46. Of Gardens.

47. Of Negotiating.

48. Of Followers and Friends.

49. Of Suitors.

50. Of Studies.

51. Of Faction.

52. Of Ceremonies and Respects.

53. Of Praise.

54. Of Vain Glory.

55. Of Honour and Reputation.

56. Of Judicature.

57. Of Anger.

58. Of Vicissitude of Things.