Bacon, lord,-(continued)-
his Reading on Uses, nature and character of, 35-appointed counsel for the crown against Essex, 37-his conduct vindi- cated, 39-sells an estate to sa- tisfy his wants, 42-his ambi- tion, 43-attaches himself to king James, 44-knighted to please Miss Barnham, 45-re- turned for St. Alban's and Ipswich, sits for the latter, 46 -his popularity with the Com- mons, 47, 55-appointed king's counsel extraordinary, 48, 315 -his treatise on the Advance- ment of Learning, nature and design of, 48, 101-142-his tract on Ireland, good effects of, 50, 51-appointed Solicitor- General, 52-his Wisdom of the Ancients, character of, 53— appointed Judge of the Knight- Marshal's Court, sworn of the Privy Council, and becomes Attorney-General, 55 his charge against duelling, 56- his plan of law reform, 59-63- his humanity, 64-his tracts on Church Reform, nature and design of, 69-82-his opinion on non-residence, pluralities, and church property, 76-82- appointed lord Keeper, his salary as, 84, 85-his assiduity in office, 86-amends the prac- tice of his court, 87-obtains a patent for appointing paid law- reporters, 87-made lord Chan- cellor, and raised to the peer- age, ib.-celebrates his sixtieth birthday, 88-commemorative verses by Jonson, ib.-pub- lishes the Novum Organum, 89 -nature and design of that work, 143-202-its influence on the progress of science, con- sidered, 210-238-Instauratio Magna, nature and design of, 88-209- his Sylva Sylvarum, character of, 204- his Im- peachment, 244-his letter to the Lords, 245-compelled to abandon all defence, 254-his general submission, 258-265- his articulate confession, 267- 269,341-sentence of the Lords,
271-his crime dispassionately considered,-vitia temporis,— 271-282- his imprisonment, 282-his letter from the Tower, ib. note-released and retires to Fulham, 283-to Gorham- bury, 284-his fine remitted and assigned, 285, 286-his pa- thetic petition, 286, 287-leaves Gorhambury for Chiswick, 288 - his attachment to York House, 289-his letter of thanks for his liberty, 291-his History of Henry VII., anec- dote of, 293-his literary and philosophical labours after his fall, 294-interesting anecdote of, 294-curious verses by, 297-applies for the provost- ship of Eton, 301-his pathe- tic appeal for a total pardon, 302-is pardoned and receives his writ for Parliament, 303- suffers from making an experi- ment with snow, and is at- tacked with bronchitis, 303, 306-his last letter, 304-his death, proximate cause of, 306 -his burial, 307-his will, 308 -his person and peculiar ha- bits described, 309-311 - his character by Professor Play- fair, 312.
Bacon, lady Francis, 358. Bacon, Anthony, 359. Barrington, Mr., his Observations on ancient Statutes, 277, note. Beale, Dr., his study of Bacon, 216.
Berkeley, Bp., his observations on analogy, 192, note. Blackstone, sir William, his elo- quent retort upon the Oxo- nians, 172-his account of the origin of king's counsel exa- mined, 315. Blumenbach, Professor, 132. Bolingbroke, lord, his observa-
tions on king James's sale of the peerage, 45-anecdote of, 240. Borgia, Alexander, saying of, 129, 95, note.
Boyle, Robert, joins the Oxford Philosophical Club, 219, 226- his pursuits influenced by Ba- con's writings, 227-his ac-
count of Harvey's Discovery, 194.
Brewster, sir David, his estimate of Bacon's Philosophy consi- dered, 210, 238. Brougham, lord, his Discourse of
Natural Theology, 357. Brown, sir Thomas, his Religio Medici, 100.
Brydges, sir Egerton, his sonnet to Bacon, 281.
Buckingham, Marquis of, 289. Buckland, Dr., his riding-lecture on Geology, described, 335. Burleigh, lord, his advice to his son, 276.
Bushell, Mr., character of, 257- his account of Bacon's inter- view with the King, 255-his account of the sentence of the Lords, 356-his Extract of his Abridgment, 257, note.
Camden, his character of sir Nicholas Bacon, 3, note. Cartes, Des, his opinion of lord Bacon, 232-his disrespectful remarks upon Galileo, ac- counted for, 232, note. Carte, Mr., his history quoted, 274, 279, note. Chichester, sir Arthur, his im- provement of Ulster, aided by Bacon's advice, 51. Childrey, Archdeacon, his com. mendation of Bacon's Philoso- phy, 222-his Britannia Baco- nica, 223.
Church Property, Bacon's obser- vations on, 78-82. Church Reform, Bacon's obser- vations on, 68-82. Clinical Lectures, Bacon's sug- gestion of, 133-patriotic foun- dation of, by Dupuytren, ib. Clocks, Bacon's experiment with, 199-invention of pendulum, ib. note.
Coke, sir Edward, anecdote of, 34-his usage of Bacon, 323. Collins, Dr., influence of Bacon's writings on, 213. Commenius, his commendation of Bacon, 234.
Cooke, sir Anthony, his plan of teaching Bacon's mother, 3.
Copernican system, edict against, repealed, 170.
Copleston, Dr., his Second Re- ply, 146, note, 155, note-his letter to Dr. Parr-Dissertation on Analogy, 158, note-his Four Discourses, 174, note. Counsel, King's, origin of, 315- difference between, and barris- ters with patents of prece- dence, 318.
Cowley, Abraham, his Ode to the Royal Society, 212. Cuvier, M., 132.
Davy, sir Humphry, his applica- tion of the Voltaic pile, 176- his safety-lamp, nature and effects of, 197-his Consola- tions in Travel, 169-con- demns the seeking of systems of science in the scriptures, ib. Deduction, process of, 329. Definitions, use and abuse of, 159. Deodate, M., his anxiety for Bacon's posthumous works,
230. Dickinson, Mr., his paper-ma chine, wonderful power of, 196. Drinkwater, Mr., his life of Ga lileo, 98, note of Kepler, 215,
Duelling, Bacon's charge against, 55-Mandeville's Dialogue on,
Dugdale, mistake of, corrected, 55, note.
Dupuytren, M., his patriotic be- quest, 133.
E. Ear of Dyonisius, 192. Ear-spectacle or trumpet, Ba- con's suggestion of, 9. Elizabeth, Queen, her saying of sir Nicholas Bacon, 3- of young Francis Bacon, 4-her prejudices, 20-character of, by lord Bacon, 41, note-Miss Aikin's account of, 275. Essex, earl of, rewards Bacon
for his services, 24-his letters to him, 319-his trial, 37. Evelyn, Mr., his opinion of Ba con's philosophy, 223.
Galileo, his condemnation, 167— edict against, repealed, 170- his discovery of the pendulum, 174 answers Bacon's dis- course on the tides, 236-letter of, concerning the sun's stand- ing still, ib. note-life of, by Drinkwater, 98, note.
Gallois, Abbé, his praise of Ba- con, 233.
Galvani, his observations on elec- tricity, 175.
Gassendi, his esteem for Bacon, 232.
Gay-Lussac, M., his aerouantic voyage, 190-effects upon, of the decreased gravity of the atmosphere, 190. Geology, Lyell's principles of, 154-Buckland's riding lecture on, 335.
Gilbert, Dr., of Colchester, his treatise on the magnet, 156, note-his valuable observations on magnetism, 156. Gillies, Dr., his analysis of Aris- totle's works, 151. Gioenia Sicula, supposititious discovery of, 180. Glanvill, Mr., his Plus Ultra- Vanity of Dogmatising-Scep- sis Scientifica, 223, note-de- fends the New Philosophy, ib.
Hacket, Bp., his Scrinia Rese- rata, 242, note.
Hallam, Mr., his observations on king James's knights, 45, note
-his eulogy of Bacon's poli- Hamel, John Baptiste du, his tical writings, 100, note. praise of Bacon, 234. Hampden, Dr., his Scholastic Philosophy, 168, 171, note- his Account of Aristotle's Phi- losophy, 150, note. Hargrave, Mr., his character of Bacon's Reading on Uses, 35. Harvey, Dr., his Circuitus San- guinis, reception of, 130, note -account of his great disco- very, 194-his love of anatomy, -loses his notes on, during the rebellion, 132, note-his curious remedy for the gout, 311, note. Haywarde's book, anecdote of, 64-Bacon's witty and humane saying of, 65.
Herschel, sir John, his treatise of sound, 193, note-his Dis- course on Natural Philosophy, character of, 7, note-quoted passim-anecdote of, 177. History, Bacon's division of, 118. Hobbes, of Malmesbury, charac- ter of, 103-compared with Bacon, 103, 104-translates se- veral of Bacon's Essays, 102, note-excellent aphorism of,
Humboldt, M. de, ascends the Andes, 190-effects upon, of the decreased gravity of the atmosphere, ib.
Hume, Mr., his observations on king James's knights, 45, note -his character of the Com- mons in 1604, 47, note. Hutton, Abp., his letter to lord Burleigh, 276.
Hutton, Dr, his discovery in Glen Tilt of veins of granite, 191.
Induction, process of, 146, 164, 324-Baconian distinguishable both from Plato's and Aris- totle's, 147-151, 163, 164-ap- plicable as well to psycholo- gical as to physical science, 186, 357.
Instauratio Magna, nature and
design of, 89-209-influence of, | Madox, Mr., his History of the
on the progress of science, 210-238. Ireland, Bacon's praise of, 50, note-his tract on, 50.
Jackson of Exeter, his Four Ages, 29, note. James, king, irreverent saying of, 203, note. Johnson, Dr., his character of
Bacon's Essays, 32, note-de- signed writing his life, ib. Jonson, Ben, his character of Ba- con's oratory, 17-his verses on Bacon's sixtieth birth-day, 88-his opinion of the Novum Organum, 214.
Court of Exchequer, 277, note. Magdeburgh hemispheres, 191. Mandeville, Dr., 58, note.
Napier, Professor, his Disserta- tion on the scope and influ- ence of Bacon's philosophy, 98, note-216, note-quoted passim.
Newton, sir Isaac, sublime say- ing of, 198-his careful study of Bacon, 227-adopts his phraseology, 228-Pemberton's View of his philosophy, ib.- Maclaurin's Account of his discoveries, 229 Brewster's life of, 210, 238. Non-residence, Bacon's opinion of, 76.
Kepler, account of, 215, note-North, sir Francis, account of
life of, by Drinkwater, ib. Knowledge, objections against, stated and refuted, 107-116- dignity and utility of, 117— survey and classification of the various branches of, 118-142.
his appointment to be King's Novum Organum, nature and de- counsel, 317.
sign of, 143-202-influence of, on the progress of science, 213-238.
Lamb, Charles, witty saying of, Observers, frauds of, 180.
Law Reform, Bacon's speech on,
12-his plan of, 59-63. Lawrence, Mr., 132.
Light, reflection of,-refraction of, 193-subject to the laws of interference, ib.-analogy of, to sound, ib.
Oldenburgh, Mr., first secretary of the Royal Society, his eu- logy on Bacon, 221.
Osborn, Francis, his letters of advice to a son, 167, note-309.
Paper, machine for making, 196. Paper Philosophers, 140.
Lyell, Mr., his principles of geo- Parliament, judicial power of,
Mackintosh, sir James, his cha. racter of sir John Herschel's Discourse on Nat. Phil., 7, note -his life of More, 28, note- his autobiography, ib.-his re- viewal on Bacon, 210-his cha. racter of experimentalists, 211 -MS. remark in Hobbes's Dia- logue, 226, note.
Pascal, M., his experiment on the Puy de Dôme, 190. Peiresc, an early disciple of Ba- con, 232. Pemberton, Dr., his View of Newton's Philosophy, 229. Philosophy, Bacon's division of, 123.
Pius VII., his character-repeals the edict against Galileo and the Copernican System, 170.
Maclaurin, Mr., his opinion of Plato, his induction distinguished
the Instauration, 145, 229.
from Bacon's, 147-150, 163,
164-his doctrine of Forms, 180.
Playfair. Professor, his Prelimi- nary Dissertation, 210-quoted passim his character of Ba- con, 312.
Playfer, Dr., Bacon's letter to, 105-begins a translation of the Advancement of Learning, 106. Pluralities, Bacon's opinion of, 77.
Poetry, an imitative art, 128-
Bacon's division of, ib. Polarity, glaring instance of, 191. Precedence, patents of, 318. Prejudices, Bacon's doctrine of,
stated and illustrated, 153-162. Prerogative Instances, Bacon's doctrine of, stated and illus- trated, 186-202. Property, right of, 82-84. Puffendorf, Baron, his eulogy on Bacon, 235.
Quadrivium, a scholastic term, meaning of, 168, note.
Raleigh, sir Walter, chided for his free thinking by Elizabeth, 167, note.
66 Reading," custom of, in the Inns of Court, 34, note. Reid, Dr., his Analysis of Aris.
Sharpe, Mr., his Essays, 73, note. Smith, Dr. Adam, his Essay on the Imitative Arts, 123, note. Sorbiere, Dr., his Relation d'un Voyage en Angleterre, attacked by Dr. Sprat, 233, note-his commendation of Bacon, 233— banishment of. 233, note. Sound, Bacon's observations on, 7-reflection of-refraction of, 193-subject to the laws of in- terference, ib,-analogy of, to light, ib.
South, Dr., his discourse on the abuse of words, 157. Southey, Dr., 233, 28, note. Sprat, Dr., his history of the Royal Society, 221-his eulogy on Bacon, ib. Stewart, Dugald, his character of Bacon's Essays, 32-of his classification of the sciences, 142.
Stubbe, Dr. Henry, his character, 224 calls the experimentalists a Bacon-faced generation, 225 -his abuse, 225, note. Syllogism, 164-deductive, 329- inductive, 330.
Sylva Sylvarum, character of, 204.
Theology, natural, Brougham's Discourse on, 357.
Theory, proneness of observers to,
Ross, Alexander, his Arcana Mi-Thomson, Dr. his Annals of Phi-
crocosmi, 217-his attack upon Bacon, 217, 218-his volumi- nous writings ridiculed in Hu- dibras, 218, note. Royal Society, first suggestion of, by Bacon, 210-rise and progress of, 219-Wallis's ac-
losophy, singular assertion in, 211, note.
Triviales, a scholastic expression, meaning of, 168, note. Trivium, meaning of, 168, note.
count of, 338-Sprat's history Uses, Bacon's reading on, 34-37. of, 221-bequest to, by the fly- ing bishop of Chester, 220, note-Cowley's Ode to, 212. Rushworth, Mr., his assertion that Bacon's decrees were not reversed, 279.
Savigny, Von, 29, note. Selden, Mr., 16%, note.
Voltaic pile, history and effects of, 176, 189.
Voltaire, M., his letters on the English nation, 240.
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