Bacon's essays are written in an aphoristic style. They contain mostly short, crisp, sentences with a didactic bent. Aphoristic essays are known for their precision of style and balancing structure....
An aphorism is a phrase which give a general but accurate description. "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." You'll find more examples here:http://www.aphorismsgalore.com/
In the opinion of high walker, "Bacon wrote more than two styles. These two are represented in his earlier essays. In the early essays the sentences are all short, crisp. The earlier essays are...