The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen9

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Cambridge University Press, 2011 M11 24 - 414 páginas
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. Bacon's writings concentrated on philosophy and judicial reform. His most significant work is the Instauratio Magna comprising two parts - The Advancement of Learning and the Novum Organum. The first part is noteworthy as the first major philosophical work published in English (1605). James Spedding (1808-81) and his co-editors arranged this fourteen-volume edition, published in London between 1857 and 1874, not in chronological order but by subject matter, so that different volumes would appeal to different audiences. The material is divided into three parts: philosophy and general literature; legal works; and letters, speeches and tracts relating to politics. Volume 9, published in 1862, contains letters and political writings from 1595 to 1601, including papers relating to the treason trial of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

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Bacon hearing that Essex has been commanded to keep
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CHAPTER II
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LETTER To ME R CEOIL ABROAD
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CHAPTER III
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Death of Sir William Hatton Bacons project of marriage with
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Mr Mill threatened with other charges Bacons interest in
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15978 ETAT 37
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Bacons advice to the Queen Commended to draw up a narra
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I2 Essex released from his keeper and ultimately restored to full
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Two LETTERS FRAMED BY Sm FRANCIS Bacon THE our
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4 Private aifairs Preparation for his double reading at Grays
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Proceedings of the Council Investigations and ultimate discovery
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personal altercation
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Trial of Sir John Davis BACONs SPEECH
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Groundlessness of the charge brought against Bacon by
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2 Jealousies and discontents of the Earl of Essex The Lord
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Terms offered to Tyrone His exceptions Bacons advice asked
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CHAPTER V
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chamber repairs to Nonsuch
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The Queens reasons for being dissatisfied with the Earls story
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LETTER To SIR ROBERT CECIL
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THE EFFECT on THE EVIDENCE eIvEN AT THE sEvERAL
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THE EFFECT or THAT wurcn PASSED AT THE ARBAIGNMENTS
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The one considerable error in Bacons narrative The substantial
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The letters in the Library of Queens College Oxford not ori
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Francis Bacon was born on October 28, 1909. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, to parents of British decent but lived with his nanny, Jessie Lightfoot, for many of his formative years. Bacon began painting in his early 20s and worked only sporadically until his mid-30s. He lived between England and Ireland for many years, earning his money by becoming an interior decorator and a designer of furniture and rugs. In 1944 he created his breakthrough oil painting entitled, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of the Crucifixion. The work is said to have been competed within the timeframe of two weeks. The painting was immediately seen as a sensation and established him as an important post-war artist. Bacon himself insisted that no retrospective of his work should include anything produced prior to 1944. Bacon was plagued with chronic asthma which developed into a respiratory condition. He died of cardiac arrest on April 28, 1992. He left his entire estate to his companion, John Edwards, who then donated the contents of Bacon's studio to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.

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