The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban with a table of the colours of good and evil, and a discourse of The wisdom of the ancients : to this edition is added The character of Queen Elizabeth, never before printed in English.
- Title
- The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban with a table of the colours of good and evil, and a discourse of The wisdom of the ancients : to this edition is added The character of Queen Elizabeth, never before printed in English.
- Author
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for H. Herringman, R. Scot, R. Chiswell, A. Swalle, and R. Bentley ,
- 1696.
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- Elizabeth -- I, -- Queen of England, 1533-1603.
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"The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban with a table of the colours of good and evil, and a discourse of The wisdom of the ancients : to this edition is added The character of Queen Elizabeth, never before printed in English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28200.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2024.
Contents
- title page
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TO THE Right Honourable my very good Lord, THE Duke of
Buckingham his Grace, LORD HIGH-ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND. - Elogies on the Illustrious Author.
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A. Cowley,
in his Poem to the Royal Society, after some reflections upon the State of Philosophyaforetime, goes on. - I. Of Truth.
- II. Of Death.
- III. Of Ʋnity in Religion.
- IV. Of Revenge.
- V. Of Adversity.
- VI. Of Simulation and Dissimulation.
- VII. Of Parents and Children.
- VIII. Of Marriage and Single Life.
- IX. Of Envy.
- X. Of Love.
- XI. Of Great Place.
- XII. Of Boldness.
- XIII. Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature.
- XIV. Of Nobility.
- XV. Of Seditions and Troubles.
- XVI. Of Atheism.
- XVII. Of Superstition.
- XVIII. Of Travel.
- XIX. Of Empire.
- XX. Of Counsel.
- XXI. Of Delays.
- XXII. Of Cunning.
- XXIII. Of Wisdom for a Mans self.
- XXIV. Of Innovation.
- XXV. Of Dispatch.
- XXVI. Of seeming Wise.
- XXVII. Of Friendship.
- XXVIII. Of Expence.
- 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 Masks and Triumphs.
- XXXVIII. Of Nature in Men.
- XXXIX. Of Custom and Education.
- XI. Of Fortune.
- XLI. Of Ʋsury.
- XLII. Of Youth and Age.
- XLIII. Of Beauty.
- XLIV. Of Deformity.
- XLV. Of Building.
- XLVI. Of Gardens.
- XLVII. Of Negotiating.
- XLVIII. Of Followers and Friends.
- XLIX. Of Suitors.
- L. Of Studies.
- LI. Of Faction.
- LII. Of Ceremonies and Respects.
- LIII. Of Praise.
- LIV. Of Vain Glory.
- LV. Of Honour and Reputation.
- LVI. Of Judicature.
- LVII. Of Anger.
- LVIII. Of Vicissitude of Things.
- LIX. A Fragment of an Essay of Fame.
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LX.
A Civil Character of Julius Caesar. -
LXI.
A Civil Character of Augustus Caesar. - THE TABLE.
- title page
- introduction
- table of contents
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A Table of the
Colours (orAppearances) ofGood andEvil; and theirDegrees, asPlaces ofPer∣swasion, andDisswasion, and their severalFallaxes, and theElenchs of them. - title page
- THE PREFACE.
- TO THE BOOK.
- CASSANDRA, or, Divination.
- TYPHON, or a Rebel.
- The CYCLOPS, or the Ministers of Terror.
- NARCISSƲS, or, Self-Love.
- STYX, or Leagues.
- PAN, or Nature.
- PERSEƲS, or War.
- ENDYMION, or a Favourite.
- The Sister of the GIANTS, or Fame.
- ACTAEON and PENTHEƲS, or a Curi∣ous Man.
- ORPHEƲS, or Philosophy.
- COELƲM, or Beginnings.
- PROTEƲS, or Matter.
- MEMNON, or a Youth too forward.
- TITHONƲS, or Satiety.
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JƲNO'S SƲI
OR, or Baseness. - CƲPID, or an Atom.
- DIOMEDES, or Zeal.
- DAEDALƲS, or Mechanick.
- ERICTHONIƲS, or Imposture.
- DEƲCALION, or Restitution.
- NEMESIS, or the Vicissitude of things.
- ACHELOƲS, or, Battel.
- DIONYSƲS, or Passions.
- ATALANTA, or Gain.
- PROMETHEVS, or the State of Man.
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SCYLLA andICARVS, or the Middle-way. - SPHYNX, or Science.
- PROSERPINA, or Spirit.
- METIS. or Counsel.
- The SYRENS, or Pleasures.
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THE CHARACTER OF
Queen Elizabeth. Written by way of Essay. - THE TABLE.
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Some Books lately Printed for, and to be Sold by ABEL SWALL,and TIM. CHILDat the Unicornin St. Paul's Church-Yard. - ADVERTISEMENT.