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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or, Counsels, Moral and Civil, Volume 2

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S. Birt, 1742 - 448 pages

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Of the Difcredits of Learning from Learned	23

Peccant Humours in Learning	38

The Influence of Learning in Moral Virtue	101

Of the Acts of Merit towards Learning	114

Of the Partition of Civil Hiftory	133

Of Poetry	147

Of the Triumphs of Man	187

Of Memory	225

Of Critical and Pedantical Knowledge	310

of Civil Converfation 363	370

Of Inspired Divinity	409

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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil: Translated from the Latin ...
Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon, Sir,William Willymott,Professor of Philosophy John Preston
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Lord Bacon's Essays, Or Counsels Moral and Civil
Francis Bacon, Sir,William Willymott,John Preston
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Title	Lord Bacon's Essays, Or, Counsels, Moral and Civil, Volume 2 Lord Bacon's Essays, Or, Counsels, Moral and Civil, William Willymott
Author	Francis Bacon
Translated by	William Willymott, William Rawley
Publisher	S. Birt, 1742
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	10 Jun 2013
Length	448 pages

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