Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients. Francis Bacon
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XLVIII.—OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS.
LII.—OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECTS.
LVIII.—OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS.
I.—A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY OF FAME. 610
THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS. A SERIES OF MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES. 616
II.—TYPHON, OR A REBEL. EXPLAINED OF REBELLION.
III.—THE CYCLOPS, OR THE MINISTERS OF TERROR. EXPLAINED OF BASE COURT OFFICERS.
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.
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.