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THE LIFE OF FRANCIS BACON

PROLOGUE

PREFACE

OF TRUTH

OF DEATH

OF UNITY IN RELIGION

OF REVENGE

OF ADVERSITY

OF SIMULATION AND

DISSIMULATION

OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN

OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE

OF ENVY

OF LOVE

OF GREAT PLACE

OF BOLDNESS

OF GOODNESS AND GOODNESS

OF NATURE

OF NOBILITY

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