FELLOWS. 'They are always telling lies of us old fellows,' iii. 303.
FIFTH. 'I heartily wish, Sir, that I were a fifth,' iv. 312.
Filosofo. 'Tu sei santo, ma tu non sei filosofo' (Giannone), iv. 3.
FINE. 'Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out' (a college tutor), ii. 237; 'Were I to have anything fine, it should be very fine,' iv. 179; v. 364.
FINGERS. 'I e'en tasted Tom's fingers,' ii. 403.
FIRE. 'A man cannot make fire but in proportion as he has fuel,' &c.,
v. 229;
'If it were not for depriving the ladies of the fire I should like
to stand upon the hearth myself,' iv. 304, n. 4;
'Would cry, Fire! Fire! in Noah's flood' (Butler), v. 57, n. 2.
FISHES. 'If a man comes to look for fishes you cannot blame him if he does not attend to fowls,' v. 221.
FLATTERERS. 'The fellow died merely from want of change among his flatterers,' v. 396, n. 1.
FLATTERY. 'Dearest lady, consider with yourself what your flattery is worth, before you bestow it so freely,' iv. 341.
FLEA. 'A flea has taken you such a time that a lion must have served you a twelvemonth,' ii. 194; 'There is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea,' iv. 193.