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Show vI r. Strongly impenetrably immoveably Excepting fith and infects Thou fhalt come of force Though thou art firmlier faken'd than a'vock. Milt How very hard particles, which touch goly in few point, can ftick together fo frmly, - withou fomething which caufes them to be attrated toward one another, isdifficult to conceive Neawton 2. Steadily; conftantly Himfelf to be the man the fates require Dryder I finly judge, and what I judge defire. The common people of Lucca ave jfirmly perthat onc Lucquefe can beat five Florentines fuaded Addifon on Italy Filamwess, # /o [from firm. r. Hardnefs; compattnefs; {folidity Burnet fability Both the eafinels and firmef conjetured of union might b for that both peopl language 3. Certainty fam are of th Hayward foundnefs In petfons already pofleffed with notions of religion, the undetftanding cannot be brought to ‘chang them, but by great examination of ‘the truth and Sfirmnefs of the one, and the flaws and weaknefs o South's Sermons the other -4. Steadinefs conftancy refolution That thou fhould'ft my firmnefs doub To God, or thee, becaufe we have a fo May tempt us, Lexpected not to hear Milt Nor can th' Egyptian patriarch blame my mufe Which for his_frmnefs does his heat excufe. Rofcom "This armed Job with frmnefs and fortitude Atterbuyy FIRST adj. [rmyz Saxon. 1. The ordinal of one that whic i in order before any other Th Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the £ -A third is like the former, Shake/peare's Mach In the fix hundredth and f7/# year, in the fr/ | month, the fir/2 day of the month, the waters wer Gen dried up from off the earth 2. Earlieft in time: oppofed to laft The firft .covenant: had alfo ordinances of divin fervice Heb. ix. 1 Man's fr/ difobedience Milton "Who fir/?, who laf Rous'd from the flumber Milton Arms and the man I fing, the £7/2 who bor His courfe to Latium from the Trojan thore. Dryd reproof is vain Who fi7/# offend, will f£7/% complain Prior 3. Higheft in dignity Three prefidents, of whom Daniel was f7/#. Daniel Fiz/t with the dogs, and king among the fquires Spectator >Tis little Will, the fcourge of France No godhead, but the fir/2 of men Prior 4. Great; excellent My fir/¢ fon Where will you go? Take good Cominiu With thee Shakefp. Coriolanus Then roaring beafts and running ftreams he tries Dryden ‘Thy praife, and thine was then the publick voice Firftrecommended Guifcard to my choice. Dryden Heav'n, fure, has kept this fpot of earth uncurft "To fhew how all things were created fir/2 Prior 2., Before any other confideration Firf}, metals are more durable than plants; fe condly, they are more folid and.hard; thirdly, the wholl fubterraneous wherea But fure a general doom on man is paft And all are fools and lovers fir/? or laft Dryden 7o Fisu Eldeft filh, er any thing elfe Some have fifbed ithe very jakes for papers lef all the fir/-bor thete by men of wit baited, with which fifh are caught A fharp point, bended upward and backward, lik Grew's Mufwum a fifb-hook. Fifb-ponds are no fmall improvement of wate Milton l"l]b-pom{: were made where former forefts grew And hills were levell'd to extend the view. = Prior After the great value the Romans put upon fifhes it will not appear incredible that C. Hirrius fhoul 2. The profits of any thing which are fooneft gained 135, 4d In our fight the three were taken up of Corinth, as we thought By fifherme At length another feiz'd on us An plant above earth, and part-under the earth ‘ar par Bacon 3. It has often az before it, and means a the beginning At prf# the filent venom flid with eafe Where Thefeus govern'd and where Plato taught Sandys Fr'rsTLING. adj. [from f7#.] That whic is firft produced or brought forth Left he fhould fufpet it, draw itfrom him 2, The thing thought or done before another i Our pla Leaps o'er the vaunt and fx/#lings of thefe broils *Ginning 1 th' middle. Shake/p. Troil. and Cref] The flighty purpefe works o'erlook Unlefs the deed go with it: from this moment The very fir/tlings of my heart fhall b The firftlings of my hand. Shakefpeare's Macketh fifeus, a treafury revenue long maintained by the ordinary f/cal and receipt Bacon FISH. . /. [pire, Saxon; wifch, Dutch. 1. An animal that inhabits the water. Fy is ufed colle@ively for the race of fZes The beafts, the fifbes, and the winged fowls Shakefp. Comedy of Err Are their males fubje&s And now the fi/b ignoble fates efcape Since Vénus ow'd her fafety to their thape Creech. There are fi/bes, that have wings, that are no ftrangers to the airy region; and there are f{om birds that are inhabitants of the water, whofe bloo is as cold as fifbes; and their flefh is fo lke i tafte, that-the fcrupulou days are allowed them on' fithLocke And feiz'd her cooler feales by degrees, Dryd, Zn. | z, 'The flefh of fith oppofed to that of ter As fifbers do the bait, to make him follow it Denbant A foldier newhe with his coat appears ope A fi/ber now, his trembling angle bears 1 Fi'saerpoaT. 7 fo [ffber and boat.] boat employed in catching fith | Fi/saerMAN. 7. /o [ffber and man.] On whofe employment and livelihood is t catch fith The fir/Hings of the flock are doom'd to die. Pope would have reft the fi/bers of their prey Shakefp Had not they been very flow of fail We know that town is but with fi/bers fraught See, Father, what fir/f-fruits on earth are fprung Milton From thy implanted grace in man' More meek, came with the fir/tlings of his flock Milton's Paradife Lof? Choiceft and beft The tender j77/#lings of my woolly breed Shall on his holy altar often bleed. Dryden's Virg in catching fifh employe ried their teward upon themfelves; yet he did uf to raife them by fteps, that he might not lofe th profit of the firfi-fruits, which by that courfe o Bacor's Henry VIL gradation was multiplied Arbuthnot One who i Fisaer. # f. [from f/&. bifhops, becaufe, having rich bifhopricks, they car S. 32,291 fell his fifb-ponds for quadragies H to employ and advanc A fhepherd next Mortimer's Hufbandry boggy lands The blooming hopes of my:then very young patron hayve been confirmed by moft noble fi;]}]frzzitx and his life is going on towards a plentiful harvef Prior of all accumulated virtues Fr'rsrrinc. = fi [from f. 1. 'The firft produce or offspring A {mal Frsurenp. # fi [fjb and pord. pool for fifh A {weaty reaper from his tillage brough ‘Firfi-fruits, the greencarsand the yellow fheaf All the f#r/fling males that come of thy herd, an of thy flock, thou fhalt fanctify unto the Lord th Deut God A hoo 7. /. [ fi/b and haok. Fi'su-HoOK the younger childre 7. /o [ firft and fruits. the king love Swift The goddefs favour'd him, and favours yet. ~ Pope 1. What the:{eafon earlieft produces or ma tures of any kind Althoug as he f£/5'd her nether realms for wit Oft having an equal title with him. Locke on Education FrrsT-rrUITS To fearch water in queft o 7o FisH. v, a The firfi-born has not a fole or peculiar right, b Nature Shake/p I with greattruth, catch mere fimplicity Milton an While others fi/%, with craft for great opinion Milton's Paradife Loft Of Egypt muft lie dead Hail, holy light, offspring of heav'n fif2-born of Go @. 1. To be employed in catching fifhes 2. To endeavour at any thing by artifice the firft by the order of nativity any la /5 "Brows of otheranimals His fir/ft-begot, we know; and fore have felt When his fierce thunder drove us to the deep. Ailr FirsT-BoRN. 2./s [ firff and born. Shakefp. K. Lear We mortify ourfelves with "the diet of fi/b, an think we fare coarfely if we abftain from the flell #, [ [trom f#f and begor.] 'The eldef FirsT-BEGOT FIRST-BEGOTTEN of children I fight when I cannot chufe, and T eatn Wac, - as it is entertained by diet, focan it not b notunmindful of his ufual art Firflin diffembled fire attempts to part ar flefh. 4. First or laff. At one time or other Frscat. # f. [fro Latin.] Exchequer Fizrst. adv 2. ‘Before any thing elfe; earlieft He or no creatures thatcan provide for themfelves a S/t without the affiftance of parents Bentley 3. The carlieft effect of any thing air .1 find, quoth Mat reftrial animals, by way of eminence calle there are very few Laft, with one midnight firoke It would become by degrees of greater confiftenc and firmnefs, {o as to refemblean habitable earth 2. Durability F 14 RI How «fearfu And dizzy 'tis to caft one'seyesfo low "The_fi/bermen that walk upon the beac Shakefpeare's King Leat Appear like mice At length two monfters of unequal fize Waller Hard by the fhore, a fifberman efpies Do fcales and fins bear price to this excefs You might have bought the fifbermen for lefs. Dryd Fi/sugrTOWN. 7 fo [ffber and 2own. town inhabited by fithermen Others of them, in that time burned that fi/ber Carew's Survey of Cornwall towz Moufehole Lime in Dotfetthire, alittle fifbertown. Clarendorn Fr'sueRrY. 7. f. [from fifber. of catching fith The bufinef [from j75. Aboundin We fhall have plenty of mackerel this feafon: our fi/bery will not be difturbed by privateers. Addifor Fi'suruL edj with fith; ftored with fifh Thus mean in ftate, and calm in fprite Carew My fi/bful pond is my delight 1t is walled and guarded with the ocean, mof commodiou for traffick "to al part of th vyorld and watered with pleafant, fi_/zful, and navigabl Camden's Remains rivers 7o Fi'surry To tum @ a. [from j56. to fith: a cant word Here comes Romeo -Without his roe, like a dricd herring O fleth, flefh, how att thou fi/bified Shakefpeare TN T S |