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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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.
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-
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, note.
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.
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