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3. Of Goodnes and goodnes of 22. Of Ambition.
30. Of Ceremonies and respects. 3
31. Of Sutors. 5
32. Of Followers. L
33. Of Negociating. /
34. Of Faction. &
35. Of Praise.
16. Of Wisdom for a Man's 36. Of Judicature.
About, going about, 15, 27
About, i.e. round, 16, 7
Abridgments, of books, 50, 29
Abstract, i.e. hermit-like, 34, 26
Absurd, derivation of, 6, 72
Absurdity, 12, 44
Accommodate, 3, 60
Accurate, i.e. extending to minute
detail, 58, 51
Acting, 37 passim
Action, chief in oratory, 12, 4
Actium, battle of, 29, 281
Advisers, should not be many,
48, 47
Advocates, 56, 55
Advoutresses, derivation of, 19,
Æsop, 44, 41; his fable of 'the
cock,' 13, 37; of the fly,' 54,
I; of 'the damsel,' 38, 36
Affect, i.e. desire, 1, 1; 13, 1;
13, 57; 26, 86; 47, 19;
affect, i.e. aim at, 55, 8; 55, 11
Affected behaviour, 52, 15
Active men, of more use than vir- Affection and affectation, 25, 1;
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indicate the Essay and line, e.g. 24. 7. means the seventh line of the twenty-
fourth Essay. Black numerals indicate references to the notes on the lines.
Italicised words indicate explanations of verbal difficulties.
Alley, a bowling-alley, 22, 13;| Argument, i.e. subject, 29, 30
alleys, i.e. paths, 45, 89
Allow, i.e. approve, 18, 5
Almost, i.e. generally, 43, 4
Alphabet, the, of Nature, lxix.
Alphonsus (of Castile), 55, 86
Ambition, Essay on, 36
Anabaptists, 3, 185
Analogy, Bacon's view of, lxxxiv. ;
used as argument, 5, 87;
analogies, Bacon's, xxiv.
And, i.e. if, 40, 39; and it were,
23, 36
Anger, Essay on, 57
Anselmus, 19, 121
Answer, i.e. pay for, 41, 112
Anticamera, 45, 126; spelling
of, 37, 87
Anticipatio mentis, lxxxii.
Antiques, i.e. clowns, 37, 89
Antimasque, 37, 87
Antiochus, 54, 15
Argus, 21, 24
Arians, the, 58, 91
Arietation, i.e. battering, 58, 167
Aristotle, Bacon's aversion to his
philosophy, xxii. ; ostentatious,
lxx.; 54, 84; his saying on
solitude, 27, 1
Armies, 29, 54; 58, 172
Arminians, the, 51, 92
Arms, to be professed by a great
nation, 29, 201
Army, a veteran, 29, 268
Arrangement, the life of dispatch,
25, 49
Artificial behaviour, see Antitheta
on Essay 52
Arts, used in a good sense, 6,
As, for that, 11, 8; 16, 28; 23,
85; 27, 42; 33, 75; 36,
18; 38, 51
Ashes, more generative than dust,
25, 63
Antoninus Marcus, 10, 11; 27, Aspects, an astrological term, 9, 9
78; Pius, 50, 48
Apelles, wrongly mentioned, 43,
Apollonius, of Tyana, 19, 86
Apparel, English affectation in,
18, 74
Apparent, i.e. conspicuous, 40, 9
Appearances, to save, 17, 80
Appetite, in appetite, 47, 31
Appius Claudius, 10, 12
Applying oneself to others, 52, 35
Apposed, i.e. questioned, 22, 70
'Architect of fortune,' the, xxxi.,
xxxii. ; architecture, 45 passim
Astrology, how far Bacon believe
in, 58, 122
Astronomy, Bacon's ideal of, xcii. ;
his suspicion of the recent dis-
coveries in, xciii.; Ptolemaic,
17, 29; old and new, 23, 7
Atheism, 16, 17; why condemned,
xl
Athenians, 29, 253
Atomic theory, lxvi.; 16, 15
Augustus Cæsar, 2, 38; 6, 8; 55,
41; his friendship for Agrippa,
27, 80; a reposed nature, 42, 15
Aulus Gellius, mentioned
Quintilian, 26, 80
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indicate the Essay and line, e.g. 24. 7. means the seventh line of the twenty-
Authority, hostile to philosophy,
lxx.; the vices of, 11, 73; un-
popular, 58, 89
Aviaries, 46, 223
Avoidances, i.e. outlets, 45,137
Axioms, of Prima Philosophia,
lxxxiii.
Bacon, principal events in his life
and times, x.-xv.; his descrip-
tion of the intention of his writ-
ings, xv.; sense of the impor-
tance of writing, xix.; descrip- |
tion of his own qualifications
for philosophy, xxiii. ; physical
constitution, xxxii., Xxxxiii. ;
shyness, xxxiii.; neglect to
supervise his servants, xxxiii. ;
'extravagance of style,' xxxv.;
recognition of similitudes,
xxxvii.; love of simple effects,
xxxviii.; supposed guilty of
corruption, lx., lxi.; his hope-
lessness in morals, xli. ; hope-
fulness in science, xxxix. ; his
philosophy, lxv.-xcvii.; Bacon
a poet in philosophy, lxxxv.;
his belief in the simplicity of
nature, lxxxvi. ; his indifference
to details, lxxxvii. ; his remark-
able ignorance of contempo-
raneous discoveries, lxxxviii.;
suspicion of the recent dis-
coveries in Astronomy, xciii. ;
services to philosophy, xciv.;
waste of time in politics, xcvi.;
his theology, xcviii.-cii.; his
ecclesiastical policy, cxii.-cxv. ;
differs from Machiavelli in his
views of religion, ciii.; leans to
the Puritans, cvii. ; would en-
force laws against Recusants,
cxiv.; differs from Machiavelli
in his view of 'tumultuations,'
cxix. ; in his views of war, cxxi. ;
Bacon as a politician, cxvi.-
cxxxiii. ; as a moralist, cxxxiv.-
clvii. ; influenced by Machiavelli
in the teaching of morality, cxvii.—
cxix.; his pity for mankind,
cxlvii.; his advice to James I.
cxxiv.; his deference to Royalty,
cxxvi.; helplessness in office,
cxxxi. ; his conventionalism,
clii.; Calvinistic or Arminian?
58, 92; favours vivisection,
13, 20; his servants, 48, introd.
Bacon, Anthony, xxviii., xlvi. ;
dedication of Essays to, see
Appendix, vol. ii. p. 273
Bacon, Lady Anne (mother of
Francis Bacon), xxxiii., cvii. ;
see Introduction to Essay 48
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, death of,
xxvii.; saying of, 25, 18
Balance of power, 19, 75
Baltazar, Gerard, 39, 18
Band, i.e. bond, 3, 1
Banks, 41, 6; 41, 15; 41, in
Bargains on a large scale, 34, 59
Barriers, 37, 51
Bashfulness,
Essay 12
see Antitheta on
Baugh, the, 35, 49
Be, co-ordinate with are, 22, 4
Beat over, 22, 109
fourth Essay. Black numerals indicate references to the notes on the lines.
Italicised words indicate explanations of verbal difficulties.
Alley, a bowling-alley, 22, 12;| Argument, i.e. subject, 29, 30
alleys, i.e. paths, 45, 89
Allow, i.e. approve, 18, 5
Almost, i.e. generally, 43, 4
Alphabet, the, of Nature, lxix.
Alphonsus (of Castile), 55, 86
Ambition, Essay on, 36
Anabaptists, 3, 185
Analogy, Bacon's view of, lxxxiv. ;
used as argument, 5, 87;
analogies, Bacon's, xxiv.
And, i.e. if, 40, 39; and it were,
23, 36
Anger, Essay on, 57
Anselmus, 19, 121
Answer, i.e. pay for, 41, 112
Anticamera, 45, 126; spelling
of, 37, 87
Anticipatio mentis, lxxxii.
Antiques, i.e. clowns, 37, 89
Antimasque, 37, 87
Argus, 21, 24
Arians, the, 58, 91
Arietation, i.e. battering, 58, 167
Aristotle, Bacon's aversion to his
philosophy, xxii. ; ostentatious,
lxx.; 54, 84; his saying on
solitude, 27, 1
Armies, 29, 54; 58, 172
Arminians, the, 51, 92
Arms, to be professed by a great
nation, 29, 201
Army, a veteran, 29, 268
Arrangement, the life of dispatch,
25, 49
Artificial behaviour, see Antitheta
on Essay 52
Arts, used in a good sense, 6, 6
As, for that, 11, 8; 16, 23; 23,
85; 27, 42; 33, 75; 36,
18; 38, 51
Ashes, more generative than dust,
25, 63
Antoninus Marcus, 10, 11; 27, Aspects, an astrological term, 9, 9
Astrology, how far Bacon believe
in, 58, 122
Astronomy, Bacon's ideal of, xcii. ;
his suspicion of the recent dis-
coveries in, xciii.; Ptolemaic,
17, 29; old and new, 23, 7
Atheism, 16, 17; why condemned,
xl
Athenians, 29, 253
Atomic theory, lxvi.; 16, 15
Augustus Cæsar, 2, 38; 6, 8; 55,
41; his friendship for Agrippa,
27, 80; a reposed nature, 42, 15
Aulus Gellius, mentioned for
Quintilian, 26, 30
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