THE LITERARY

AND

PROFESSIONAL WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON

EDITED BY

JAMES SPEDDING

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II.

LONDON

LONGMAN & Co.; SIMPKIN & Co.; HAMILTON & Co.; WHITTAKER & Co.;
J. BAIN; E. HODGSON; ARTHUR HALL & Co.; RICHARDSON BROTHERS;
HOULSTON & WRIGHT; BICKERS & BUSH; WILLIS & SOTHERAN ;
J. CORNISH; L. BOOTH; J. SNOW; AND AYLott & Co.

1861

The right of translation is reserved

LETTER AND DISCOURSE TO SIR HENRY SAVILL, TOUCHING

HELPS FOR THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS

SHORT NOTES FOR CIVIL CONVERSATION

APOPHTHEGMS

EDITOR'S PREFACE

APOPHTHEGMS NEW AND OLD, AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED

IN 1625

APOPHTHEGMS FROM THE RESUSCITATIO, ED. 1661

APOPHTHEGMS PUBLISHED BY TENISON IN THE BACON-

IANA ·

SOME ADDITIONAL APOPHTHEGMS SELECTED FROM A

COMMON-PLACE BOOK OF DR. RAWLEY'S

SPURIOUS APOPHTHEGMS

PROMUS OF FORMULARIES AND ELEGANCIES

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179

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TRANSLATION OF CERTAIN PSALMS INTO ENGLISH VERSE

APPENDIX TO THE RELIGIOUS WRITINGS-CHRISTIAN PARA-

DOXES

M374823