【目录】 Introduction Chronology Note on the Text An Advertisement touching the Controversies of the Church of England Letter to Lord Burghley Of Tribute; or, giving that which is due A Device for the Gray's Inn Revels Of Love and Self-Love Advice to the Earl of Rutland on his travels Essays (1 597), Religious Meditations, Of the Colours of Good and Evil Advice to Fulke Greville on his studies A Confession of Faith Two Prayers A Letter and Discourse to Sir Henry Savile touching helps for the intellectual powers The Advancement of Learning Essays ( 1612) The Charge touching duels The Charge against Somerset for poisoning Overbury Letter to King James I, March 1621 Letter to Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1621 Poems and Psalms The ys or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625) 1.Of Truth 2.Of Death 3.Of Unity in Religion 4.Of Revenge 5.Of Adversity 6.Of Simulation and Dissimulation 7.Of Parents and Children 8.Of Marriage and Single Life 9.Of Envy 10.Of Love 11.Of Great Place 12.Of Boldness 13.Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature 14.Of Nobility 15.Of Seditions and Troubles 16.Of Atheism 17.Of Superstition 18.Of Travel 19.Of Empire 20.Of Counsel 21.Of Delays 22.Of Cunning 23.Of Wisdom for a Man's Self 24.Of Innovations 25.Of Dispatch 26.Of Seeming Wise 27.Of Friendship 28.Of Expense 29.Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates 30.Of Regiment of Health 31.Of Suspicion 32.Of Discourse 33.Of Plantations 34.Of Riches 35.Of Prophecies 36.Of Ambition 37.Of Masques and Triumphs 38.Of Nature in Men 39.Of Custom and Education 40.Of Fortune 41.Of Usury 42.Of Youth and Age 43.Of Beauty 44-Of Deformity 45.Of Building 46.Of Gardens 47.Of Negotiating 48.Of Followers and Friends 49.Of Suitors 50.Of Studies 51.Of Faction 52.Of Ceremonies and Respects 53 .Of Praise 54.Of Vain-Glory 55.Of Honour and Reputation 56.Of Judicature 57.Of Anger 58.Of Vicissitude of Things 59.A Fragment of an Essay on Fame New Atlantis Abbreviations Notes Further Reading Index
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