The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen14

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Cambridge University Press, 2011 M11 24 - 670 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 14, published in 1874, contains Bacon's papers from 1619 until his death, including his will, papers about his impeachment, and his treatise on English laws.

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BOOK VII
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Proposition of a Law for the regulation of usury 413
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Judgment in the Lake and Exeter cause Suffolks answer in
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CHAPTER II
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IN Oxronn 18 February 161920
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The King undertakes to act as mediator in the quarrel
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Offer to the Count Palatine of the Crown of Bohemia
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Proceedings in Star Chamber against some of the Dutch merchants
49
Method of judicial inquiry pursued by the Lords Its
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Character of the House of Lords as Judge and Jury Case
273
CHAPTER VII
279
Negotiation to appease Buckingham Reports from Meautys
323
The condition on which Buckingham was appeased at last
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CHAPTER VIII
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Demur on the part of the Bishop of London
353
To MR TOBIE MATTHEW 27 March 1622
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161920 NOVEMBERJUNE ETAT
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Advantages of distributing the business of Government to stand
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Pretermitted duties Commission for relief of the poor
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To MR SECRETARY CALVERT 5 February 161920
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Character of the Star Chamber as described by Coke and Bacon
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CHAPTER IV
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To ms vaar econ L THE MAaQUIs or BUcKINGnAM L
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Preparations for Parliament
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Sir H Yelverton called to answer in the Star Chamber
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Proceeding in the Star Chamber against Yelverton OPENING
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CHAPTER V
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Prosperity of Bacous personal fortunes To be creat ed Viscount
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Grant of two subsidies without reference to the Palatinate 0
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Athird conference between the Houses for the production of
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CHAPTER VI
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A second complaint of the same kind The Commons desire
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The Lord Treasurers report of the Conference Charge of bribery
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Reviews records of analogous cases
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Plan of the argument
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To THE MARQUIS or BUcKINGHAM 4 Aug 1622
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Death of the Provost of Eton Suit to succeed him
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Toby Matthew joins the party at Madrid Suit for the Provost
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Expected conclusion of the marriage treaty The Infanta
430
The Provostship of Eton given to Sir H Wotton Suit for
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Causes of the failure of the warpolicy Indifference of
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CHAPTER X
511
N 0 letters preserved written during the next 6 months Publica
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Failure of Mansfeldts attempt to reconquer the Palatinate
527
Recovery from another severe illness Correspondence with
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Baeons relations with his wife
539
Bacons mode of doing business as a Judge in Chancery
562
APPENDIX
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List of papers entered in Robert Stephenss catalogue to which
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Index to Vol VII
595
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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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