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INDEX TO THE LIFE. 



Production, one of the divisions of the 

 art of experimenting, 263. 



Profession of law, Bacon s choice of, 

 compelled by circumstances, see in 

 dex, law, 19; Bacon s favorite opi 

 nion of the debt due from lawyers 

 to their, 27 ; the duties of a judge 

 to the, 255. 



Professional objections to learning, 

 127. 



Puckering, lord keeper in the time of 

 Elizabeth, 30 ; his misrepresenta 

 tions to the Queen, upon Bacon s 

 application for the solicitorship, 30; 

 Essex s letter to, in behalf of Ba 

 con, respecting the solicitorship, see 

 note, 31. 



Punishment, capital, Bacon s protest 

 against, 151 : Bacon s opinions 

 upon the inefficacy of severe, 156. 



Pygmalion, illustration by, of the idle 

 ness of the study of words, 129. 



Pythagoras s answer to Hiero upon 

 retirement, 122. 



QUEEN ELIZABETH, her prediction 

 with respect to Bacon, 21 ; her 

 appointment of Bacon as her coun 

 sel extraordinary, 24 ; her anger 

 with Bacon upon his speech for 

 the delay of the subsidies, 28 30 ; 

 Lord Keeper Puckering s misre 

 presentations to, against Bacon, 

 30 j Bacon s dutiful letter to, upon 

 his disappointment respecting the 

 solicitorship, 31 ; Bacon s letter to, 

 praying the solicitorship, 32 ; cha 

 racter of, as shown in Bacon s apo 

 logy, 45 ; her dissatisfaction with 

 Essex s administration in Ireland, 

 49 ; her reception of Essex upon his 

 return, and her affection for him, 

 51 ; letter of Bacon to, respecting 

 her choice of him as counsel against 

 Essex, 64 ; her choice of Bacon as 

 counsel against Essex, 66 ; her in 

 terview with Bacon after the sen 

 tence upon Essex, and her affection 

 for Essex, 71 ; her letter to Essex 

 respecting the creation of knights in 

 Ireland, see note (6), 76; her dis 

 gust at Essex s application for the 

 renewal of the patent for sweet wines, 

 83 ; Essex s bitter sarcasms upon, 

 and violence in consequence of her 

 refusal of his suit, 85 ; her total 

 alienation from Essex, 85 ; her dis 

 pleasure with Bacon upon his at 

 tempted interference for Essex, 85, 



86 ; her apprisal of Essex s trea 

 sonable assemblies at his house, 87 ; 

 Bacon s fruitless intercessions with, 

 upon Essex s conviction of treason, 

 92 ; her order to Bacon to draw up 

 a full statement of Essex s treasons, 

 92 ; the effect of Essex s conduct 

 upon, and her unhappy death, 94 ; 

 Bacon s eulogy upon, 95 ; her ac 

 quaintance with the torture, see note, 

 175 ; Bacon s present to, according 

 to the custom of the times, upon 

 his application for the solicitorship, 

 203. 



RALEIGH, Sir W., Sir Edward Coke s 

 improper treatment of upon his trial, 

 and vulgar invective, see note (c), 

 146. 



Rawley and Tennison, their private 

 knowledge of Bacon s motives for 

 deserting his defence, 374. 

 Reasoning, worthless unless founded 



upon facts, 283. 



Reform, insisted upon by the people, 

 103 ; Bacon s efforts towards gene 

 ral, 138 ; of the law, Bacon s efforts 

 towards, 138 ; of the church, Ba 

 con s efforts to promote, 140 ; see 

 his tracts, 141 ; of abuses, commit 

 tees to consider of, 307. 

 Resemblances and differences, obser 

 vation of, in search after a cause, 

 295. 



Resignation, the duty of, early in a 

 judge, see Hale s Life, note (r), 

 256. 

 Results, table of, of natures agreeing 



with nature sought, 289. 

 Retirement from active life, error of 

 common minds, 122 ; danger of, 

 122. 



Revolutions, sudden only to the un 

 thinking, 102. 



Rex v. Knollys, Holt s, C. J. inde 

 pendent refusal to state the reasons 

 of his judgment in, 249. 

 Reynell and Peacock, charge against 

 Bacon in, rebutted, see note (6) Ba 

 con s defence, 339 ; answer to the 

 charge of, touching a ring, 365. 

 Riches, not greatness in a state, 117. 

 Russwell, money received from, by 

 Lord Bacon s servant, Hunt, 366. 



SAILORS, antipathy of, 275. 



Salisbury, Lord, Bacon s letter to, re 

 specting his appointment as Attorney 

 General, see note (6), 154. 



