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husband upwards of twenty years: she died on the 29th June, 1650, and was buried in the chancel of Eyeworth Church, Bedfordshire. (Montagu's Life, note H. H.H.) Anthony, lord Bacon's only uterine brother, died in his lifetime; he was a gentleman, says sir Henry Wotton, of impotent feet, but a nimble head; and being of a provident nature, contrary to his brother the lord Viscount St. Albans, amassed a considerable fortune-not, if sir Henry was rightly informed, by the most creditable means.-Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, p. 168; and see ante, p. 30.

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INDEX.

A.

Advancement of Learning, Ba-
con's treatise of, its nature
and design, 48, 101-142.
Aikin, Miss, her account of the
reign of Elizabeth, 275.
Air, decreased gravity of, its ef-
fects upon the human frame
described, 190.

Airy, Professor, his experiments
in Dolcoath mine, 200.
Analogy, examples of, 192-
Berkeley's remarks on, ib.-
Copleston's dissertation on,
158, note.

Appeal from Chancery, origin
of, 279, note.

Aristotle, his dictum De omni et
nullo, 146-his induction de-
scribed and distinguished from
Bacon's, 146-151, 163, 164.
Aubrey, his anecdotes, 99, note.

B.

Babbage, Professor, anecdote of,

177,-his Reflections on the
decline of Science, 178-his
wonderful Calculating Engine,
197.

Bacon, Friar, persecution of,
171, 172.

Bacon, sir Nicholas, his charac-

ter, 3, note-his death, 9, note.
Bacon, lady, her skill in the
learned languages, 3-trans-
lates Jewel's Apology, 4-her
death, 9.

Bacon, lord, his birth and early

promise, 4-his sensibility to
atmospheric change, 5-enters
of Trinity College, Cambridge,
6-dislikes Aristotle's Philo-
sophy, 144-goes to Paris, 6-
invents a new system of ey-
phers, 7-studies the pheno-
mena of sound, 8-invents the
ear-trumpet, 9-his singular
dream, 9, note-loses his fa-
ther, who leaves him little pa-
trimony, 10-enters of Gray's
Inn and improves its gardens,
11-recommends weeding to
gentlewomen, ib. note his
anecdote of a great man who
loved a sod, ib. becomes
counsel extraordinary to the
Queen, 12-sits in Parliament
for Middlesex, ib.-his first
speech, 13-opposes the sub-
sidy and offends the Queen,
14-his character as a speaker,
17-discountenanced at court,
and designs leaving England,
18, 20-receives his master's
degree, and purposes to live at
college, 21-is dissuaded by
Essex, who rewards him for
his services, 24-his Elements
of the Common Law charac-
terized, 27-his Essays, charac-
ter of, 32-his style, character
of, and compared with Hob-
bes's, 33, 102-104- his sen-
tences not composed, but cast,
33-proposes marriage to lady
Hatton, but is rejected, 33-
appointed duplex lector, 34-

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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.

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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.

D.

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,
note.

Duelling, Bacon's charge against,
55-Mandeville's Dialogue on,

58.

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.

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