THE LIFE OF FRANCIS BACON 1
PROLOGUE 16
PREFACE 54
OF TRUTH 55
OF DEATH 58
OF UNITY IN RELIGION 60
OF REVENGE 66
OF ADVERSITY 68
OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION 70
OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN 74
OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE 76
OF ENVY 79
OF LOVE 85
OF GREAT PLACE 88
OF BOLDNESS 92
OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS OF NATURE 94
OF NOBILITY 97
OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES 99
OF ATHEISM 107
OF SUPERSTITION 111
OF TRAVEL 113
OF EMPIRE 116
OF COUNSEL 122
OF DELAYS 128
OF CUNNING 130
OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF 135
OF INNOVATIONS 137
OF DISPATCH 139
OF SEEMING WISE 142
OF FRIENDSHIP 144
OF EXPENSE 152
OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES 154
OF REGIMENT OF HEALTH 165
OF SUSPICION 168
OF DISCOURSE 170
OF PLANTATIONS 173
OF RICHES 177
OF PROPHECIES 181
OF AMBITION 185
OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS 188
OF NATURE IN MEN 190
OF CUSTOM AND EDUCATION 192
OF FORTUNE 195
OF USURY 197
OF YOUTH AND AGE 202
OF BEAUTY 205
OF DEFORMITY 207
OF BUILDING 209
OF GARDENS 214
OF NEGOTIATING 222
OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS 224
OF SUITORS 226
OF STUDIES 229
OF FACTION 231
OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECT 233
OF PRAISE 235
OF VAIN-GLORY 237
OF HONOR AND REPUTATION 239
OF JUDICATURE 242
OF ANGER 247
OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS 250
OF FAME 256
APPENDIXES 259
Ⅰ A GLOSSARY OF ARCHAIC WORDS AND PHRASES 260
Ⅱ BACON TIME LINE 265