THE WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON.

THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

Collected and Edited

BY

JAMES SPEDDING, M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M. A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDge;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

VOLUME X.

2871

BOSTON:

TAGGARD AND THOMPSON.

29 CORNHILL.

1864.

& A

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

CONTENTS

OF

THE TENTH VOLUME.

TRANSLATIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS.

PART I.- CONTINUED.

WORKS PUBLISHED, OR DESIGNED FOR PUBLICATION, AS

PARTS OF THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA.

WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA, BUT

NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN IT.

THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS

ON THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE SEA

ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS, ACCORDING TO THE FA-

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