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221; his conscientious fulfilment of the office of Lord keeper in the staying of grants and patents, 222; appointed Lord High Chancellor and Barron of Verulam, 223; his just conduct with respect to the Dutch merchants, 225; his letter respecting the Dutch merchants, 225; his letter to Buckingham respecting the reform of the King's household, 231; his unprecedented exertions as Chancellor, 232; his warning to Buckingham upon his interference with causes, 233; his letter to the King respecting Bertram's murder of Sir J. Tindal, 239; his letters to Buckingham, interceding for Lord Clifton, note (r), 241; his opinion upon the duty of a judge to resist bribery, 245; his structure of a house of retirement at Verulam, 257; his patent for converting Lincoln's Inn Fields into gardens, 257; his delight in the pleasures of nature, see his Essay on Gardens, 257; Alienation Office and York House granted to Bacon, 258; his abandonment of the completion of the Novum Organum according to his original design, 260; his aversions to system, 270; created Viscount St. Alban, 303; contempt of the charges against him, see his speech in the committee, note, 315; defended against the charge of bribery, 316; presides for the last time in the House of Lords, 320; his written address to, upon the charge of bribery, 320; his state of mind during the enquiries against him, various accounts, 328; anecdotes of, during the enquiries against him, 329; his letters of complaint of the virulence of his enemies, 330, 331; his preparations for his defence, 333; his sentiments respecting the custom of receiving presents, 334; imagined defence of, 336; his interview with the King respecting the charge against him, 344.-See entry in the journals of the House of Lords, 246; his letter to the King, thanking him for his interview, note (a), 349; his letter of submission and supplication to the Lords (first submitted to the King and Buckingham, 349), 351; his defence against the several charges of bribery communicated to

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him by the Lords, 359, et seq.; his confession and humble submission to the Lords answering the charges against him, 359; the Lords' dissatisfaction with, upon his letter of submission, and the particular charges against him sent to by, 354; deserts his defence after conference with the King, 372; grief at being compelled to desert his defence, 372; his letter to the King, defending himself from the charge of bribery, 373; his love of knowledge the ruling passion, see note (b), 378; his letter to the Bishop of Winchester upon his retirement, 380; sent to the Tower, 382; his letters from the Tower, 382; his liberation and retirement to Gorhambury, 383.

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Bacon's father, 1. Baconiana, extract from, exposing the absurdity of the charges against Buckingham with respect to the Chancellor Egerton, and his supposed enmity to Bacon, note (b), 209.

Bar, Bacon's call to the, see letter in note (a) to the Lord Treasurer of Gray's Inn, 23; the duty of a judge to the, 254.

Barker and Hill, present to Bacon in,

after decree rebutting bribery, note (c) 339; refutation of charge in, 367. Barometer, Bacon's invention of a, 34. Beccaria, his opinions upon the trial by torture, see note, 164.

Benevolences, parliament summoned to raise, in the King's distresses, 302. Ben Jonson, his opinion of Bacon's eloquence, 28, 199; Bacon's friend and translator of his essays, 39; a bricklayer, see anecdote of, note (e) 257; his ode in honour of Bacon's birthday, 259.

Bertram, his murder of Sir F. Tindal,

a Master of the Court, see Bacon's account and letter to the King respecting, 239, see note, 240. Birth and parentage of Bacon, 1. Bodley, Sir T., his opinion of Bacon's views in his Cogitata et Visa, 148. Brackley, Lord Chancellor, death of, 189; his opinion of Bacon's powers, see note (c), 187. Bribery, absurd charges of, against Bacon, in Fisher and Wraynham, Hody and Hody, Egerton and Egerton, Awbrey and Brenker, and the

Apothecaries and Grocers, see notes 237, 238, 239; extract from Bacon, upon the duty of a judge to resist, 245; charge of, against Bacon, by Aubrey and Egerton, 313; the absurd charges of, against Bacon, 337, 338, et seq.; charge of, against Bacon, more properly applied to his servants, 341; Bacon's defence against the several charges of, communicated to him by the Lords, 359, et seq.

Britain, Bacon's work upon the greatness of, 114.

Brown, the Scotch philosopher, his objections to Bacon's theory as to, and mode of, investigating, 298. Buckingham, see Villiers; Bacon's letter to, interceding for Lord Clifton, see note (b) 241; William's persuasion of, to bear up against the popular clamour to crush Bacon, 242; rapacious patents of, 306; alarmed at the outcries of the people, consults Williams, 310; delivers Bacon's address to the House of Lords, 332; his disquiets upon the popular discontent, 341; William's advice to, in his fears to brave the popular discontent, 342; his cowardly abandonment of Bacon, 344; his denial of the charge of sending his brother out of the way to avoid the charge of bribery, 348.

Burke, his opinion of the value of fame and honours, note (a) 195; his opinion of the propriety of a judge's being unconnected with politics, 243, see Hale's life, note, 244. Burleigh, Lord, Bacon nephew to, 25; Bacon's letter to, praying a recommendation to the Queen, 19; Bacon's letter to Lady, praying her influence to hasten his suit, see note, 20; his jealousy of Bacon's friendship for Essex, 26; letter of Bacon to, praying an appointment, with an eye to his favorite pursuits, 26; his gift of a valuable reversion to Bacon, 26; his intercession with the Queen for Bacon's appointment as solicitor, 30.

Bushel, Bacon's amanuensis, see his mode of writing by dictation, 257; remarkable extract from, upon Bacon being sacrificed by the King, 375.

CAMBRIDGE, Bacon's admission to Trinity College, 5; Bacon's opi

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nion of, 5; Bacon's feelings upon approaching, 6; popularity of Aristotle's philosophy at, in the time of Bacon, 8; Bacon's departure from, 10; Bacon's endowment of two lectures to be delivered at, by a stranger, 13.

Capital punishment. - See Punish

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Causes, real, in different apparent causes, 294.

Caution, the property of a good judge, 251.

Cecil, Sir Robert, Bacon's relationship to, 25; and Leicester party, division of the court into, 25; Bacon's accusation of, with respect to the solicitorship, 30; Bacon's honest retraction upon his accusation of, as to the solicitorship, 31. Chamberlain, his account of Peacham's case, see note (b), 177. Chancellor, Bacon appointed, upon the death of Brackley, 189; Bacon's joy upon his appointment as, see letter to Villiers, 190; his motives for accepting the office of, 191; Bacon's fitness for the office of, as a lawyer, a judge, a statesman, and patron, 197; the salary of, in the age of Bacon composed partly of presents from the suitors, 202; presents to the, common in the reign of Henry VI., note (a), 204; Bacon created Lord High, 1618, 222; Bacon's unprecedented exertions as, see letter to Buckingham, 232. Chancery. See Court of. Chancery, court of, Bacon's procession in state to take his seat in, and address to the bar, 213, 214, 215, 216; Bacon's unprecedented exertions in, see letter to Buckingham, 232; Bacon's improvement in the practice of, adopted at the present day, 243.

Chances of an experiment of the divisions of the art of experimenting, 265.

Character of the Queen and of Essex,

as shown in Bacon's Apology, 45. Charges raked up to the amount of twenty-three against Bacon, 330. Charity, the advancement of learning the most exalted, Bacon's favourite theory, 223.

Charter House, Bacon's argument against the legality of the foundation of, 151.

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Church, Bacon's tracts upon the con troversies of and the edification of, 141.

Civil list, Bacon's attempt to reduce the expenses of, 220. Clifton, Lord, his committal for threatening Bacon's life, 241; Bacon's intercession for, see his letters to Buckingham, note (b), 241. Cogitata et visa, a detached part of the Novum Organum, 148; Sir T. Bodley's opinion upon, 148. Coke, Sir Edward, Bacon's quarrel with, see note, 143; Bacon's letter to, upon the same subject, 143, 144; his unfairness to Bacon, 145; Bacon's reproof to, 145; his bitter temper, and ill treatment of prisoners, 145; see note (a), 155, and note (c), 156, viz. of Sir W. Raleigh and Mrs. Turner; his distaste to philosophy, 147, see Novum Organum; Bacon's private conference with, by order of the King, upon the law of Peacham's case, 171; his objection to a private conference removed by Bacon, 172; his warmth and haughtiness upon the dispute between the Courts of King's Bench and Chancery, 186; King James's severe remarks upon, 186; his witty and high-minded remark upon the subject of church patronage, note, 199; his disgrace by Buckingham, in consequence of refusing his alliance, 219; his application to be restored to favour, and agreement to Buckingham's marriage, 219. Coke, Sir Anthony, Bacon's father-inlaw, 1.

Coleridge, his opinions upon the temperament of genius, and its adaptability for contemplation rather than action, note (b), 195. College, Trinity, Bacon's admission to, see Cambridge, 5; his magnificent plan of a, 13, 14, 15. Colours of Good and Evil, Bacon's first work, published with the small 12mo. edition of Essays and Sacred Meditations, 35.

Committees to consider abuses, Bacon sat upon twenty-nine, 107; for the reform of abuses, 307. Compactness and union, a requisite to the greatness of a state, 116.

Comparisons, table of, Bacon's mode of discovering truth, 287. Compton, answer to the charge in the case of, 364.

Conduct of the understanding in the investigation of truth, 283.

Conference, Bacon's, with King James respecting the charge against him, see extract from the journals of the house of lords, 346.

Confession of Bacon to the lords, answering the charges against him,

359.

Constable, Sir J., Bacon's letter to, dedicating the Essays to him, see note, 153. Constituent instances, or separation of complex into simple in the search after a nature, 292. Contemplation and action, Bacon's favourite theory upon the wisdom of the union of, 61, 137. Contemplation, love of, extract from Seneca upon the advantages and comparative utility of, 193; the union of, with action incompatible with either the pursuits of the philosopher or politician, 194. Controversies of the church, Bacon's tract upon, 141.

Copulation, of the divisions of the art of experimenting, 265. Counsel, the absurd identification of, with his client, 53; the duty of a judge to, 254.

Court, the division of, during the reign of Elizabeth, into the Leicester and

Cecil party, 25; its pedantry and contempt for literature, 25. Court of Chancery.-See Chancery. Court of King's Bench.-See King's Bench.

Court of Chancery and Court of King's Bench, dispute between, respecting the jurisdiction of the former, 186.

Courts of justice, the wise constitution of, 62.

Credulity, hasty generalization the parent of, 273.

Cromwell, his taunt of Sir M. Hale and his humble reply, 155. Crucial instances, 294. Custom, short extract from Bacon's essay upon, 36. Customs, the gradual change of, and the folly of, hasty censures of, acts in obedience to, 173, 174. Cyphers, Bacon's work upon, 17.

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Defence, of Bacon, 316; Bacon's preparations for, 333;

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against the 21st charge, 334; Bacon's against the several charges of bribery, 359, et seq.

Delay of justice, extract from Bacon's address to the bar upon, 215. De l'Hôpital, the chancellor, custom of receiving presents from the suitors abolished by, in France, 206. Deliberation, the property of a good Judge, see anecdote of Eldon, note, 251.

Den, idols of, warping the judgment in the search after truth, 274. Denys de Cortes, anecdote of respecting his impartiality, 252. Dispatch, the errors of too great, 250. Deviating instances, or observations of nature deviating from her accustomed course in search after a nature, 294.

Devonshire, Earl of, Bacon's letter to concerning his conduct to Essex upon his trial, see note, 72. Differences and resemblances, observation of, in search after a cause, 295. Differences real in appparent resemblances, observation of, in search after a cause, 296. Discovery of truth, the four requisites to the, 270.

Distempers of learning, 130; see 131, for the analysis.

Divines, objections of to learning, 127; antipathy of to innovation, 275. Division of the sciences, one of Bacon's incomplete treatises, part of his intended great work, 267. Divorce, instances of, or observations of such natures separated as are generally united in the search after a nature, 294. Duelling, Bacon's tract upon, 159; mischief of, causes of origin, see note (a), 159.

Dulwich college, Bacon's stay of the

patent for, from the conviction that education was the best charity, 24. Dunch, answer to the charge of, 365. Dutch merchants. See Merchants. Duty, Bacon's tract upon, extract from, 60; Bacon's to the Queen, to Essex, and to himself, upon her choice of him as counsel against him, 59, 60, 61.

EDIFICATION of the Church, Bacon's tract upon, 141. Education, Bacon's suggestion as to the collegiate, of statesmen, 11; the system of, in England, opposed to the advance of knowledge, 11; the evils of no system of political, see note (d), 11, 12; thoughts upon, in a letter to Sir H. Saville, from Bacon, 110; short extract from Bacon's essay upon, 150; Bacon's favorite opinion, the best charity,

222.

Egerton and Aubrey, charge Bacon with bribery, 313.

Egerton and Egerton, presents to Ba

con by counsel in the cause of, and his decision against, 237; absurd charge of bribery against Bacon in, note (b), 237; Bacon's defence against the charge of bribery in, the money being received after the award, 359.

Egerton, Lord Chancellor, the absurdity of the charges against Buckingham with respect to, and his supposed enmity to Bacon exposed, note (b), 209.

Election, extract from Paley upon the moral duty of impartial, note, 202. Elements of Law, Bacon's tract entitled, 35.

Eloquence, Bacon's fitness for the office of chancellor, as a statesman, from his, 198.

Equity and law, the nice distinctions between, attainable only by the highest powers of mind, 197. Error, causes of, in the investigation of truth, 281; the advancement of, knowledge the only effectual mode of decomposing, 175; the gradual emancipation from, 173, 174. Essays, small 12mo edition of, Bacon's

first publication, 37; Bacon's upon great place, 119; popularity of, 149; Bacon's new edition of 1612, 152; different original and pirated

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editions of, 38, 41; translations of, 39; spurious posthumous, 41; Dugald Stewart's opinion of Bacon's, 40; extracts from, 35, 38. Essex, Bacon's affection for, 25; character of, 25; his earnest solicitation, for Bacon's appointment as solicitor, with the Queen, 31; his letter to Lord Keeper Puckering, upon his opposition to Bacon respecting the solicitorship, 31; letter from, at Plymouth, to the Court, in behalf of Bacon, 36; racter of, as shown in Bacon's apology, 45; letter from, to Lady Hatton's friends in favour of Bacon's proposals of marriage, 42; his return from Ireland, and the Queen's reception of him, 50; his confinement to his chamber by order of the Queen, 51; his committal to York House, 51; Bacon's advice to, in his confinement, 53; Bacon's steady friendship to, 51, 59; private proceedings against, by declaration in Star Chamber, 54; his removal to his own house in custody of Sir Richard Barkley, 55; public proceedings against, see Star Chamber; Bacon chosen counsel against, 59; his trial before the privy council, upon the republication of his apology, anno 1600, see note 4 C at the end, for a full account, 66; Bacon chosen counsel against and his secret friendliness to, 67, 68; his artful and submissive conduct upon his trial, 68; his sentence and imprisonment in his own house, 69; the Queen's affections for, 70; the injudicious conduct of his partizans respecting his creation of knights in Ireland, 75; his submissive reply to the Queen's letter upon the creation of knights in Ireland, 76; his partial liberation by the Queen's order,

76;
his entreaty to retire to Read-
ing, 76; his submissive letters to
the Queen, see notes, 77, 78; his
restoration to liberty by the Queen,
with an order not to approach the
court, 82; his fawning letter to the
Queen for the renewal of the patent
for sweet wines, 83; his violence
and satirical remarks upon the
Queen, in consequence of the re-
fusal of his suit, 85; the Queen's
total alienation from, in consequence,
and displeasure with Bacon upon

his attempt to reconcile her to, 85, 86; his treasonable correspondence with Ireland, and conspiracy to seize the Queen, 87; his seizure of the Queen's deputation of the officers of state, and open rebellion, 88; his seizure and committal to the Tower, 88; Bacon's alienation from, in consequence of his treachery to the Queen, 89; his trial with the Earl of Southamption, see note 4 E at the end, for an account of the trial, 90; his treachery to Bacon as to the letters composed for him to the Queen, 91; Bacon's attempts to obtain a remission of the sentence upon, 92; his execution, 92; the effect of his conduct upon the Queen, 94.

Evidence, the modern law of, with respect to interest, illustrative of the injustice of hasty censure, 174. Examination of witnesses against Bacon, 323.

Exclusion of irrelevants in search after a nature, 290.

Exclusions, table of Bacon's mode of discovering, 288.

Experience, literate, Bacon's completion of the tract upon, one of the divisions of the Art of Invention, 261; production, inversion, translation, variation, &c., divisions of the Art of Experimenting, 263, 264,

265.

Extract of a letter from Digby to Fermat describing Bacon's indifference to the charge of bribery, 314; from Novum Organum, as to idols, 336; from Bacon, his simple and beautiful illustrations, 123. Extremes, observations of nature sought in, 293.

FACTS, consideration of, upon both sides, second division of Novum Organum, see affirmative and negative table, 269; mode of presenting to the senses, third division of the Novum Organum, 270; the basis of sound reasoning, 283; collection of, the first step in the discovery of truth, 283; see affirmative and negative table, 269.

Fame, Burke's contempt for, the common notion of, note (a), 195. Father, the high character of Bacon's, 1; death of Bacon's, its influence upon his future life, 19.

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