The essays or counsels, civil and moral, of Francis Ld. Verulam
by Francis Bacon
- New York The Peter pauper press N.D.
- 228 p.
The Essay-Of Truth -- Of Death -- Of Unity and 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 Superstition -- Of Troubles -- Of Empire -- Of Council-Of Delays -- Of Cunning -- Of Wisdom for a Man's Self -- Of Innovations -- Of Dispatch -- Of Seeming Wise -- Of the Friendship -- Of Expense -- Of 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 Garden -- Of Negotiating- -- Of Followers and Friends -- Of Suitors -- Of Studies-Of Fraction -- Of Ceremonies and Respects -- Of Faction -- Of Ceremonies and Respects -- Of Vain-Glory-Of Honor and Reputation -- Of Judicature -- Of Anger -- Up Vicissitude of Things -- Of Fame.