INDEX TO THE LIFE. 



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Sanquhar, Bacon s prosecution of, on 

 behalf of the crown, and his mild 

 ness towards, 153. 



Saturn and Jupiter, Bacon s illustra 

 tion by, of the union of contempla 

 tion and action, 61, 137. 



Science, Bacon s meditations upon 

 natural and human, 17 ; Bacon s 

 extensive views of, not diverted by 

 his profession, 22 ; of law, Bacon s 

 valuable work upon the improve 

 ment of the, 22 ; the loss to, by 

 Bacon s acceptance of the chan 

 cellorship compensated by his pro 

 fessional and political labours, 195. 



Sciences, division of, of Bacon s in 

 complete treatises part of his in 

 tended great work, 267. 



Scott, Bacon s defence against the 

 charge in, the gift being received 

 after the decree, 363. 



Scotland, Bacon s efforts to promote 

 the union with England, 139; 

 King James s journey to, in com 

 pany with Buckingham, see note 

 (6), 211. 



Seals, sequestration of, 370. 



Seneca, extract from, upon the com 

 parative advantages and utility of a 

 life of contemplation, see note, 193. 



Senses, defects of, Novum Organum, 

 see Seven Modes, 271 ; mode of pre 

 senting facts to, third division of 

 Novum Organum, 270. 



Sentence upon Bacon, 372. 



Servants, Lord Bacon s, see Smith- 

 wick, c., 366, 367 ; Bacon s ad 

 mission of neglect respecting their 

 conduct to suitors, 368. 



Singular instances, or observations of 

 such as are peculiar amidst their 

 own natures in the search after a 

 nature, 293. 



Smithwick and Wyche, complete re 

 futation of charge, 366 ; charge 

 against Bacon in, clearly rebutted, 

 340. 



Solicitor General, Bacon appointed 

 by the King, 143 ; Bacon s present 

 to the Queen according to the cus 

 tom of the times upon his applica 

 tion for the office of, 203. 



Solicitorship, Bacon s letter to the 

 Queen upon his disappointment 

 respecting the, 31 ; Bacon s retire 

 ment to the country upon his dis 

 appointment respecting the, 34; 

 Essex s indignation upon the re 

 fusal of the Solicitorship to Bacon, 



and his gift of an estate to him, 

 34. 



Solitary instances, or consideration of 

 such as are so in resemblance or 

 difference in the search after a 

 nature, 290. 



Somerset, his eclipse by Villiers, 179 ; 

 Bacon s distaste to, 180 ; suspicions 

 against the Earl and Countess of, 

 and their trial for the murder of Sir 

 Thomas Overbury, 184 ; Bacon s 

 mild and temperate sketch against, 

 note (b), 185. 



Sound, extract from Bacon s Sylva, 

 upon the laws of, see note, 18; tee 

 disquisition upon, note (e), 4. 



Southampton, applied to by Bacon to 

 promote his interest with King 

 James, 99. 



Spain, Essex s appointment to the 

 command of an expedition against, 

 36 ; King James s treaty of mar 

 riage with, and Bacon s wise coun 

 sels against, 218. 



Speech of Bacon upon the absurdity 

 of the supposed confederacy to con 

 trol the House of Commons, see 

 outline in note 161 ; of Bacon, 

 against Mr. O. St. John, 165; 

 of Bacon against Owen upon his 

 trial for high treason, see notes (a) 

 and (b), 178 ; of Bacon against 

 Talbot for high treason, see note (c), 

 178 ; of Bacon against Sir J. Hollis, 

 Mr. Lumsden, and Sir J. Went- 

 worth, for certain reports respecting 

 the Earl and Countess of Somerset, 

 note (a), 184 ; of Bacon against the 

 Earl and Countess of Somerset for 

 the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 

 184. 



Speeches of Bacon in Parliament, 44, 

 1 19 ; of Bacon upon the union, 140. 



Star Chamber, a private investigation 

 in, of Essex s administration in 

 Ireland by declaration in his ab 

 sence, 53 ; Bacon s objections to 

 private proceedings in, against 

 Essex, 53 ; odium excited by private 

 proceedings in, against Essex, 53 ; 

 public proceedings in, by informa 

 tion against Essex, in consequence 

 of the republication of his apology, 



56 : Bacon s objections to the public 

 proceedings in, against Essex, 56, 



57 ; Bacon chosen counsel against 

 Essex upon the public proceedings 

 against, in the, 59 ; trial of Mr. 

 Oliver St. John for a letter declaring 



