WorkFrancis Bacon

De Sapientia Veterum [Of the Wisdom of the Ancients]; English translation as The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) · London: Robert Barker, 1609

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Documented 1845

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  • undatedDe Sapientia Veterum (Wisdom of the Ancients)Demonstrated

    “than by the interpretation of Bacon upon the legends of the Syren coast. When the wise Ulysses passed, says he, he caused his mariners to stop their ears with wax...”

    Woman in the Nineteenth Century

    Substantial quoted paraphrase/excerpt of Bacon's interpretation spanning many lines, including direct quotation ('says he...').

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York1record
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Essay XXXI: 'The Sirens, or Pleasures'; Essay XI: 'Orpheus, or Philosophy'
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“the interpretation of Bacon upon the legends of the Syren coast.”

Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.

Inferred The title is inferred: Fuller paraphrases Bacon's readings of the Sirens and Orpheus without naming the work.