Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients. Francis Bacon

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       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. 508

       LI.—OF FACTION.

       LII.—OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECTS.

       LIII.—OF PRAISE.

       LIV.—OF VAINGLORY.

       LV.—OF HONOR AND REPUTATION.

       LVI.—OF JUDICATURE.

       LVII.—OF ANGER.

       LVIII.—OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS.

       APPENDIX TO ESSAYS.

       I.—A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY OF FAME. 610

       II.—OF A KING.

       III.—ON DEATH.

       THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.

       PREFACE.

       THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS. A SERIES OF MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES. 616

       I.—CASSANDRA, OR DIVINATION.

       II.—TYPHON, OR A REBEL. EXPLAINED OF REBELLION.

       III.—THE CYCLOPS, OR THE MINISTERS OF TERROR. EXPLAINED OF BASE COURT OFFICERS.

       IV.—NARCISSUS, OR SELF-LOVE.

       V.—THE RIVER STYX, OR LEAGUES. EXPLAINED OF NECESSITY, IN THE OATHS OR SOLEMN LEAGUES OF PRINCES.

       VI.—PAN, OR NATURE. 617 EXPLAINED OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

       VII.—PERSEUS, 626 OR WAR. EXPLAINED OF THE PREPARATION AND CONDUCT NECESSARY TO WAR.

       VIII.—ENDYMION, OR A FAVORITE. EXPLAINED OF COURT FAVORITES.

       IX.—THE SISTER OF THE GIANTS, OR FAME. EXPLAINED OF PUBLIC DETRACTION.

       X.—ACTEON AND PENTHEUS, OR A CURIOUS MAN. EXPLAINED OF CURIOSITY, OR PRYING INTO THE SECRETS OF PRINCES AND DIVINE MYSTERIES.

       XI.—ORPHEUS, OR PHILOSOPHY. EXPLAINED OF NATURAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

       XII.—CŒLUM, OR BEGINNINGS. EXPLAINED OF THE CREATION, OR ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS.

       XIII.—PROTEUS, OR MATTER. EXPLAINED OF MATTER AND ITS CHANGES.

       XIV.—MEMNON, OR A YOUTH TOO FORWARD. EXPLAINED OF THE FATAL PRECIPITANCY OF YOUTH.

       XV.—TYTHONUS, OR SATIETY. EXPLAINED OF PREDOMINANT PASSIONS.

       XVI.—JUNO’S SUITOR, OR BASENESS. EXPLAINED OF SUBMISSION AND ABJECTION.

       XVII.—CUPID, OR AN ATOM. EXPLAINED OF THE CORPUSCULAR PHILOSOPHY.

       XVIII.—DIOMED, OR ZEAL. EXPLAINED OF PERSECUTION, OR ZEAL FOR RELIGION.

       XIX.—DÆDALUS, OR MECHANICAL SKILL. EXPLAINED OF ARTS AND ARTISTS IN KINGDOMS AND STATES.

       XX.—ERICTHONIUS, OR IMPOSTURE. EXPLAINED OF THE IMPROPER USE OF FORCE IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

       XXI.—DEUCALION, OR RESTITUTION. EXPLAINED OF A USEFUL HINT IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

       XXII.—NEMESIS, OR THE VICISSITUDE OF THINGS. EXPLAINED OF THE REVERSES OF FORTUNE.

       XXIII.—ACHELOUS, OR BATTLE. EXPLAINED OF WAR BY INVASION.

       XXIV.—DIONYSUS, OR BACCHUS. 637 EXPLAINED OF THE PASSIONS.

       XXV.—ATALANTA AND HIPPOMENES, OR GAIN. EXPLAINED OF THE CONTEST BETWIXT ART AND NATURE.

       XXVI.—PROMETHEUS,