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Show PuA I meant fhe (hould be courteous, facile, fweet Hating that folemn vice of greatnefs, pride FACINOROUS I meant each fofteft virtue there fhould meet ¥it in that fofter bofom to refide Ben fonfon Raphael now, to Adam's doubt propos'd Benevolent and fucile, thus reply'd Milton 4. Pliant; flexible; eafily perfuaded to goo or bad dudil to a fault Too facile then, thou did'ft not much gainfay Nay did*ft permit, approve, and fair difmifs. Mi/ton Since Adam, and his_facile confort Ev Loft Paradife, deceiv'd by me Some me FA Facr Milton whom any affectionate difcourfe, or ferious fermon or any notable accident, fhall put into a fit of re to JSacilitate thei fage, which did little hurt; but they ftill loft man Clarendon men in the attempt Though perfpective cannot be called a certain rul of picture, yet it is a great fuccour and relief to art and facilitates the means of execution. Dryd. Dufref What produceth a due quantit of animal {pirits neceflarily facilitates the animal and natural moArbuthnot on Diet tions A war on the fide of Italy would caufe a grea of th diverfio Frenc forces progrefs of ourarms in Spain th and facilitat 1. Eafinefs to be performed difficulty 3. A&ion Yet reafon faith, reafon fhould have abilit To hold thefe wordly things in fuch proportion As let them come or go with even facility Sidney Piety could not be diverted from this to a mor sommodious bufinefs by any motives of profit o Jacility Raleigh A war upon the Turks is more worthy tha upon any other Gentiles, both in point of religio and in point of honour; though faci/ity and hope o {uccefs might invite fome other choice Bacon 2. Readinefs in performing dexterity They who have ftudied have not only learne many excellent things, but alfo have acquired great facility of profiting themfelves by reading goo authors Dryden's Dufrefnoy The facility which we get of doing things, by <uftom of doing, makes them often pafsin us withou which i Bacon taintet Hiftory with to Sermons not {pecula deed Howe'er the doubtful fz& is underftood 'Tis love of honour and his country's good The conful, not the father, fheds the blood. Dryden FA'CTION . / [ faction, French; fadio Latin. 1. A party in a ftate The queen is valued thirty thoufand ftrong If fhe hath time to breathe be well affur' Her fa&tion will be full as ftrong asours. - Shakefp He has been known to commit outrages And cherith factions Shakefpeare's Timon By one of Simon's fafZion murders were committed Mac By the weight of reafon I fhould counterpoife th overbalancin ‘of any faétions King Charles 2. Tumult difcord diffenfion They remained at Newbery in great fzé2/07 amon Clarendon themfelves Facility is worfe than bribery; for bribes com Pr'ythee, fellow, remember my name is Menenius; always fatonary of the party of your general Shake[p. Coriolanus 3. Vitious duétility; eafinefs to be per{uaded to good or bad; ready compliance Fa'criovs. adj. [ fa&ieux, French. mow and then: but if importunity or idle refpect dead a man, he fhall never be without them. Bacon *Tis a greaterror to take facility for good-nature ‘sendernef withou difcretion bette is n more pardonable folly con He opens and yields himfelf to the man of bufinef with difficulty and reluétancy; but offers himfelf t the vifits of a friend with facility, and all the meeting readinefs of appetite and defire Spear adj. [corrupted by Shake from facinerous Latin. South Wicked facinus, Jacinoris facinorous *Tjs ftrange, 'tis very ftrange, that is th brie and the tedious of it; and he's of a moft facinerion fpirit that will not acknewledge it Shakefpeare Fa'cineg menta 7 /. [from To face. covering that whic An ornais pu o the outfide of any thing by way of decoration Thefe offices and dignities were but the facing 804 fringes of his greatnefs Weiton lou an violent in party; publickly diffentious; addited t form parties and raife publick difturbances L'Eftrange 4. Eafinefs of accefs; complaifance defcenfion; affability ¥acing/riovs 1. Given to faétion tha He is a traitor; let him to the Tower And crop away that faétious pate of his Be factious for redrefs of all thefe griefs 2 FalcriTious. adj. [ fadtitius, Latin.] Mad by art, in oppofition to what is made b nature -In th makin and diftilling of foap by on degree of fire the falt, the water, and the oil or greafe Proceeding from public tending to publick difcord Shakefp Shake/p diffenfions Grey-headed men and grave, with warriors mix'd Affemble; and harangues are heard; but foo In faétions oppofition Milton's Pavadife Lof? Faftious tumults overbor nour of the two houfes Wh the freedom and hoKing Charles thefe faéfious quarrels battles amongft themfelves united in the fame defign controverfies whe Boyle all othe endeavours to counterf eit it; the Jaélitious ftone of chymiits, in imitation, being eafily deteéted b an ordinary lapidift F A'CTOR Ray on the Creation #. /. [ fatenr French; Sfadlor Latin. 1. Anagent for another; one who tranfa@ bufinefs for another Commonly a fub ftitute in mercantile affairs Take on you the charg And kingly government of this your land Not as proteétor, fteward, fubftitute Or lowly faétor for another's gain. Shake. Rich 111 Piercy is but my fzéZsr, good my lord T' engrofs up glorious deeds on my behalf You all three Sbak{[p The fenators alone of this great world Chief factors for the gods, Shakefp. Ant. and Cleop We agreed that 1 fhould fend up an Englit be delivered at a reafonable rate. Raleigh's Apalegy, The Scots had good intelligence, having fom Jaclors doubtle(s at this mart openly trade albei fly an caufe th the did no Zlayward Vile arts and reftlefs endeavours are ufed by fom venomous jfucor fo ol republica South the chief fzéZors for a general intromiffion of all forts {eéts, and perfuafions, into our communion, is, tha Locke o clamoroufnefs for a party All the reafon that I could ever hear alledged, b Fa'crionaryY. z. fo [ faltionaire, French. One of a fation; a party man. A wor not in ufe our notice violen Jaétor, that whatfoever the ifland could yield fhoul Unhappy man! to break the pious law Of nature, pleading in his children's caufe freedom fro diffenfion Hardnefs wherein fome ftones excee bodies, and afhong them the adamant, all othe ftones being exalted to that degree that art in vai If this were true in fzé#, 1 do not fee any colou for fuch a conclufion Addifon on the War Manifold fins, though in fpeculation they may b feparable from war, in reality and f2é& never fail t attend it Smalridge Facr'viry. o [ [ facilite, French; facilitas Latin, to public of opinion and judgement: we fee the contrary bot acknowledged and univerfally practifed all throughou the world Hooker As men are not to miftake the caufes of thef 2. Reality; not {fuppofition tion Sawift clinatio In matter of faé# they fay there is fome credit t be given to the teftimony of man; but not in matte which fet the teeth on edge, that obje the imagination Bacon's Natura Matter of faéZ breaks omt and blaze great an evidence to be denied Sowth' paf Fa'cTiovsness. . /. [from Jattions,] "Tn whereof that faZitious concrete is made up, bein boiled up together, or eafily brought to incorporate Thofe effeéts which are wrought by the percuffio of the fenfe, and by things in faéZ, are produce likewife in fome degree by the imagination: therefore if a man fee another eat four or acid things Bacon for the verfion will facilitate the work They renewed their affault two or three days tocanno Latn. or effe, and rafhly to take that for don not done of the likelieft and beft prepared meta and plante [ falum operations, fo much lefs are they to miftake the faé than tii Calamy 90 ¥aci'viraTe. w. a. [ faciliter, French. To make eafy; to free from difficulty to clear from impediments gether n f 1. A thing done; an effe¢t produced; fomething not barely fuppofed or fufpected but really done are wrought upon by every objet they converfe with Choic [ facinora, Latin. Wicked; atrocious; deteftably bad Facir'~orousnEss. #. /o [from facinorous. Wickednefs in a high degree are of that faci/e temper, that the ligion, which yet ufually lafts no longe fomewhat elfe comes in their way adj FA an they were al Dryden Fa'criousry. adv. [from faftious.] In manner criminally diffentious or tumultuous 1 intended not only to oblige my friends, bu mine enemies alfo; exceeding even the defires o thofe that were faiion/ly difcontenteds King Charles thofe who feparate from us are fiff and obftinate and will not fubmit to the rules and orders of ou church, and that thercfore away they ought to be take Forc'd into exile from his rightful throne He mad South all countries where he came his own And viewing monarchs fecret arts of fiway A royal faétor for their kingdoms lay Diyden 2. [In arithmetick. 'The multiplicato and multiplicand Harris FalcTory. 7. /. [from faor. 1. A houfe or diftri@ inhabited by trader in a diftant country 2. The traders embodied in one place Facro'rum. #. /. [ fac totum, Latin, I is ufed likewife in burlefque French.] fervant employed alike in all kinds of bufinefs: as Scrub in the Stratagem FA'CTURE manne . /. [French. of making any thing Th a o Falcuvry. o /. [ faculte, French; facultas Latin. 1. 'The power of doing any thing; ability whether corporal or intelletual There is no kind of facu/ty or power in man, o any creature, which can rightly perform the functions allotted to it without perpetual aid and concurrence of that fupreme caufe of all things. Hogker Orators may grieve for in their fides Rather than heads, their fzcx/iy abides Denbant Reafon in man f{upplies the defe of other s)fizcul- ties wherein we are inferior to beafts an what w cannot compafs by force we bring about by ftratagem L'Effrange 2. Powers of the mind, imagination, reafon memory I underftand in the prime en Of nature, her the inferior in the min And inward _faculties; which moft excel lel?l |