Ferratus, his favourite passion, iii. 331.
Fiction, the works formed upon the plan of it, wherein useful and defective, ii. 15.
they too frequently corrupt the mind of youth, 17-20.
Firearms, the introduction and progress of, vi. 509.
Fireworks, letter on, v. 352.
Firebrace, lady, verses to her, at Bury assizes, i. 129.
Flatterer, character of an insidious, iii. 268.
Flattery, the fatal and mischievous effects of, ii, 305.
the principal causes of it described, 493.
it is often profusely addressed to the unworthiest objects, 494.
the peculiar infamy of such prostitution, ibid.
most successful when accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, iii. 1, 313, 344, 381.
openness to it the disgrace of declining life, 268.
the influence of it to quiet conviction and obtund remorse, 312.
Flavia, her agreeable character, ii. 393.
Flavilla, her levity and inconstancy displayed, iii. 351.
Flirtilla, instructed upon the subject of masquerades, ii. 48.
Florentius, his character, ii. 90.
Florentulus, his education conducted upon an irregular and injurious plan, iii. 16-20.
Flosculus, the manner of his addresses to Tranquilla, iii. 68.
Flying, attempts to discover the art of, vi. 210.
Flying fish, account of, vi. 343.
Follies, fashionable, particularly described, ii. 472.
the modern round of favourite weekly diversions regarded as the most important end of human life, 474.
Fontenelle, his Dialogues of the Dead, translated by Mr. Hughes, vii. 475.
Fores, (the town to which Macbeth was travelling,) account of, ix. 21.
Forgetfulness, the necessity of, iv. 363.
Fortitude of women described, i. 71.
Foster, Mrs. Elizabeth, granddaughter of Milton, subscriptions solicited for, v. 270.
Fosterage, account of the custom of, in the isle of Col, ix. 139.
Foundling-hospital, care of the morals and religion of the children there, recommended, vi. 29.
Fountains, a fairy tale, ix. 176.
Fox, Mr. lampooned by Pope in his satires, viii. 297.
France, the power of, in America, 1756, vi. 121.
sends a colony to Canada, 123.
Fraud, those persons who are most addicted to it, generally the most suspicious, ii. 306.
Freeholder, account of that periodical publication, vii. 439.
Freemasonry allowed in Prussia, vi. 443.
French, just to the memory of learned men, by writing their lives, vii. 236.
French prisoners of war. Introduction to the proceedings of the committee appointed to manage the contributions begun at London, December the 18th, 1758, for clothing them, vi. 123.
Friend, the difficulty of finding a faithful and able one, ii. 139.
the essential ingredients of that amiable character, 304.
thoughts on the loss of a, iv. 271.
poem to a, i 126.
Friendship, the progress of the abatement of, viii. 265.
the firmest too often dissolved by openness and sincerity, ii. 197.
the qualities requisite to form and establish it, 304, 333.
envy and flattery most injurious to its interests, ii. 304.
esteem and love essential to its composition, 307.
virtue its most lasting support, ibid.
the most common obstructions to it, 308, 309.
the measures necessary to maintain and continue it, 469.
the partialities with which it is often attended, 470.
characterized, iv. 216.
accidents to which it is liable, ibid.
absence, interest, ambition, disputes begun in jest, &c. 217.
an ode, i. 147.
Frolick, Mr. his character, as exhibiting a striking specimen of vanity, ii. 292.
Frugality, the excellence of it, ii. 273.
cautions and rules for directing the practice of it, 277.
Fruition, the limits of it fixed by immoveable boundaries, iii. 334.
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