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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

1872.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

Η. Ο ποUGHTON AND COMPANY.

B
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1870

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:

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

285

ON THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE SEA

317

ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS, ACCORDING TO THE FA-

BLES OF CUPID AND CELUM

341
PART III.

WORKS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR PARTS OF THE IN-
STAURATIO MAGNA, BUT SUPERSEDED OR ABANDONED.