Floral gifts, withheld by the Capitouls of Toulouse from Maynard, a French poet, i. 437.
Flogging, a discussion on, occasioned Roger Ascham to write his Schoolmaster, i. 87.
Flowers and Fruits, praise of the introducers of exotic, ii. 151; Peirese and Evelyn, ib.; Hartlib, 153; enthusiasm evinced by the transplanters of, ib.; notice of many introduced by particular persons, 154; origin of, distinguished by their names, 155; worthy pride of introducers of, 156, 157.
Forgeries and fictions, political and religious, iii. [144]; historical instances, [145]-150; literary, iii. [304]-319.
Formosa, Psalmanazar’s pretended history of, i. 136, note.
Foscolo, Ugo, his opinion on the titles of Italian Academies, ii. 490.
Fourmont, the Oriental scholar, anecdote of, iii. [396].
Fox’s Acts and Monuments, iii. [239].
Friendships of literary men, interesting anecdotes of, ii. 55-59.
Franklin, Dr., experiments with lightning, ii. 413.