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DANTON, anecdote of, 329. 

 Darcy, Lord, prosecution of Mr. 

 Markham for sending a challenge 

 to, 189. 

 Death and Life, extract from Bacon s 



history of, see note (z), 17. 

 Death of Bacon s father, the influence 



upon his future life, 19. 

 Decision against donors, 316, 317. 

 Defects of the senses, Novum Orga- 



num, see Seven Modes, 271, 

 Defects of judgment, Novum Organum, 



272. 



Defence, of Bacon, 316; Bacon s 

 preparations for, 333 ; Bacon s 

 against the 21st charge, 334; Ba 

 con 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 H6pital, 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 respect 

 ing his impartiality, 252. 

 Dispatch, the errors of too great, 250. 

 Deviating instances, or observations of 

 nature deviating from her accus 

 tomed course in search after a na 

 ture, 294. 



Devonshire, Earl of, Bacon s letter to 

 concerning his conduct to Essex 

 upon his trial, see note, 72. 

 Differences and resemblances, obser 

 vation of, in search after a cause, 295. 

 Differences real in appparent resem 

 blances, 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 Ba 

 con 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 j the 

 system of, in England, opposed 

 to the advance of knowledge, 1 1 ; 

 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 absur 

 dity of the charges against Bucking 

 ham with respect to, and his sup 

 posed enmity to Bacon exposed, 

 note (6), 209. 

 Election, extract from Paley upon the 



moral duty of impartial, note, 202. 

 Elements of Law, Bacon s tract enti 

 tled, 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 



