Essays and New Atlantis

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Classics Club, 1942 - 302 pages
"Edited, with notes and introduction, by Gordon S. Haight."--Page [1].

Contents

Of Truth
3
Of Death
7
Of Unity in Religion ΙΟ
10
Of Revenge
17
Of Adversity
19
Of Simulation and Dissimulation 2 I
21
Of Parents and Children
26
Of Marriage and Single Life
29
Of Suspicion
137
Of Discourse
139
Of Plantations
142
Of Riches
146
Of Prophecies
151
Of Ambition
156
Of Masques and Triumphs
159
Of Nature in Men
162

Of Envy
32
Of Love
39
Of Great Place
42
Of Boldness
47
Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature
50
Of Nobility
54
Of Seditions and Troubles
56
Of Atheism
66
Of Superstition
71
Of Travel
74
Of Empire
77
Of Counsel
84
Of Delays
91
Of Cunning
93
Of Wisdom for a Mans Self
99
24 Of Innovations
102
Of Dispatch
104
Of Seeming Wise
107
Of Friendship
109
Of Expense
119
Of True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
121
Of Regimen of Health
134
Of Custom and Education
165
Of Fortune
168
Of Usury
171
Of Youth and Age
177
Of Beauty
180
Of Deformity
182
Of Building
184
Of Gardens
190
Of Negotiating
199
Of Followers and Friends
201
Of Suitors
204
Of Studies
207
Of Faction
210
Of Ceremonies and Respects
213
Of Praise
216
Of Vainglory
219
Of Honor and Reputation
222
Of Judicature
227
Of Anger
232
Of Vicissitude of Things
235
New Atlantis
243

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