Church of England," in opposition to "Intra Ecclesiam Anglicanum," Within the pale of the Church of England.

Extra muros. Lat.-"Beyond the walls [of a city]."

Extravagants. From the Lat.-One portion of the Canon Law. "Gratian's decree, Gregory's decretals, the sixth decretal, the Clementine Constitutions, and the extravagants of JOHN and his successors, form the corpus juris canonici," that is, "the body of the canon law."-BLACK

STONE.

Extravaganza. Ital. "A thoroughly outrageous performance, any thing outrageous, preposterous."

Extrema gaudii luctus occupat. Lat.- "Often does sorrow succeed, take the place of, intense joy." No joy without annoy.

F.

Fa buono a te e tuoi, e poi agli altri se tu puoi. Ital. prov."Do good to, for, thyself and thine, and afterwards to, for, others if thou canst." Charity begins at home.

Faber compedes, quas fecit ipse, gestet. Lat. prov.-"Let the smith wear the fetters which he himself made." Every bird must hatch her own egg.

Faber fortunae suae. Lat.-"The architect, founder, of his own fortune." N.B. The original expression, which occurs in SALLUST [the distinguished Roman historian], is, "Suae quisque fortunae faber," "Every one is [more or less] the maker of his own fortune."

Fac simile. Lat.—“Do the like thing." A close imitation: An engraved or lithographed resemblance of a person's handwriting.

Façade. Fr.-“The front of a building."

Facetiae. Lat.-"Jests, jokes, repartees, facetiousness, drollery, raillery, witty and pleasant sayings.'

Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est. Lat. TACITUS. "The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry." It is dangerous to sport with the feelings of the great. An unlucky jest has often been construed into a crime by a despotic sovereign, or an arbitrary government.

Facienda. Lat.-"Things to be done."

-Facies non omnibus una,

Nec diversa tamen, qualem debet esse sororum.

Lat. OVID.

"The face was not the same with all: it was not, however, materially different the resemblance was such as should appear between sisters." These lines, which were originally used to express a family likeness, are now employed to mark those political circumstances which, from their similitude, bespeak the same political parent.

Facies tua computat annos. Lat. JUVENAL.- "Your face shows, proclaims, is the tell-tale of, your years." A man need not look in your mouth to know how old you are.

Facile est inventis addere. Lat. "It is easy to add to things Iready invented, easy to improve an invention." A maxim frequently

quoted abroad, in order to vilify the English genius. But, leaving our original inventions out of the question, every unprejudiced man will allow that the improvements which this country has made have incalculably outvalued the hints which, in some particular cases, we have borrowed.

Facile invenies et pejorem, et pejus moratam:

Meliorem neque tu reperies, neque sol videt.

Lat. PLAUTUS."You will easily find a worse woman: a better the sun ne'er shone upon." Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus. Lat. TERENCE.

Tu si hic sis, aliter sentias. "We can all, when we are well, give good counsel to the sick. Were you in my place, you would feel otherwise, you'd think very differently." We think and feel for others differently from what we should do for ourselves were we in a similar situation.

-Facile omnes perferre ac pati,

Cum quibus erat cunque una: his sese dedere,
Eorum obsequi studiis, advorsus nemini,
Nunquam praeponens se aliis: ita facillime
Sine invidia invenias laudem, et amicos pares.

Lat. TERENCE."To bear with everybody's humors, to comply with the inclinations and pursuits of those with whom one converses, to contradict no one, and never to assume a superiority over others. This is the ready way to gain applause and to make friends, without exciting envy." The way to obtain general approbation.

Facile princeps. Lat. CICERO.-"The admitted, acknowledged, chief." The first man, without dispute. "ERATOSTHENES was one of the most distinguished of Greek men of learning, ranking, probably, next to the facile princeps of them all,-ARISTOTLE."

Facilis descensus Averni:

Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras,
Hoc opus, hic labor est.

Lat. VIRGIL.

"Easy is the descent from Avernus to the lower world: but, to retrace one's steps, and escape to the upper regions, this is, indeed, a work of difficulty, this is, indeed, a task:"

"Avernus' gates are open night and day,
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return to heaven's pure light again,
This is a work of labor and of pain."

The poet speaks of the descent of AENEAS [the Trojan hero] into the infernal regions, in order to have an interview with his father ANCHISES. In its general application, it means that it is much easier for a man to get into difficulty or danger than to extricate himself from it.

Facilis rigidi cuivis censura cachinni. Lat. JUVENAL.enough to any one is the stern censure of a sneering laugh."

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Facilius crescit quam inchoatur dignitas. Lat. LABERIUS.

"It is more easy to obtain an accession of dignity than to acquire it in the first instance." It is with respect as with opulence: the first beginnings of both are difficult, but each is afterwards easily increased.

Facillime princeps.

Lat. "The undoubted chief, the leading

man, by far the most distinguished character."

Facinus, quos inquinat, aequat. Lat. LUCAN.-"Those whom guilt stains, it equals." This expression is nervous and happy. Nothing can be so great a leveler as the mutual consciousness of criminality.

Facit indignatio versus. Lat. JUVENAL.-"Indignation, anger, gives birth to verses, prompts one to write verses, poetry; verses often flow from indignation." Strong feelings impel one to write.

Faciunt nae intelligendo ut nihil intelligant. Lat. TERENCE. -"Truly, by affectation of knowledge men often make it plain that they know nothing at all; while some individuals pretend to know more than others, they in reality know nothing." Pretenders to superior knowledge are often mere impostors.

Façon de parler. Fr.-"A form of speech, mode, manner of speaking."

Factotum.-A word compounded of the two Latin words "Fac," do thou, and "totum," the whole. One who does all sorts of work, a doall, drudge, jack of all trades.

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He had one male attendant, thin and lean

As Romeo's Mantuan apothecary,

Who daily swept his dusty office clean,

And copied his accounts with caution wary;
In short, was his factotum every way,
Burdened with labor, and but little pay."

Faex populi. Lat. "The dregs of the people." Contemptuously applied to the lower classes.

Fainéantise. Fr.-"Idleness, sluggishness, laziness." N.B. "Fainéantise" is often incorrectly written by English persons "fainéantisme," a word which does not exist.

Faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu. Fr.-"To set the best face on the matter."

Faire de l'esprit. Fr.-"To be witty, show off one's wit.”
Faire planche. Fr.-"To pave the way, be a stepping-stone to

any thing."

Faire sans dire. Fr.-"To act without ostentation, parade, display."
Faire une chose à bis et à blanc, or à bâtons rompus.

"To do a thing by hook or by crook, by fits and starts."

Faire valoir. Fr.-"To bring [things] to bear."

Fr.

Faire voile à tout vent. Fr. prov.-"To set up one's sail to every wind."

Fait accompli. Fr.-“A deed that has been brought to bear, brought to completion."

Fakeer.-A wandering Indian beggar.

Fallacia alia aliam trudit. Lat. TERENCE.-"One imposture or fallacy produces another." Any one falsehood or deceit is naturally the parent of many others.

Fallentis semita vitae. Lat. HORACE. "The path of a life that passes unnoticed by the world, path of an humble life."

Fallit [enim] vitium, specie virtutis et umbra,

Cum sit triste habitu, vultuque et veste severum.
Lat. JUVENAL.--

"Vice deceives men under the guise and semblance of virtue, since it is
frequently grave in bearing, and austere in look and in dress:"-
"Vice oft is hid in virtue's fair disguise,

And in her borrowed form escapes inquiring eyes."

Such is the garb and appearance which is generally worn by profound hypocrisy.

Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet

Servitium. Nunquam libertas gratior exstat
Lat. CLAUDIAN.—

Quam sub rege pio.

"He who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince, is deceived. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious form than under a pious king." This was at one time poetic incense offered to an Emperor. It is now quoted as an axiom by the advocates for absolute monarchy.

Falsum in uno, falsum in omni. Lat. "False, or erroneous, in one point, false in every point, or respect." There is no juster maxim of general law than falsum in uno, falsum in omni.”

Falsus honor juvat, et mendax infamia terret Quem, nisi mendosum et medicandum? Lat. HORACE.— "Whom does undeserved honor delight, and lying calumny terrify, but the vicious man, and him that stands in need of a cure?"

"False praise can charm, unreal shame control,
Whom, but a vicious or a sickly soul?"

If the judgment of an unreasonable multitude can make an impression on you, if you rejoice in being falsely thought virtuous, or if you are afflicted in being unjustly believed a dishonest man, your weakness proceeds from the same vicious principle, and you must apply to reason and philosophy for a cure.

Fama. Lat. "A rumor, report." "A committee was appointed for the purpose of instituting the necessary inquiries in regard to the fama."

Famae damna majora quam quae aestimari possint. Lat. LIVY.-"The injury done to character is greater than can possibly be estimated." Compare SHAKSPEARE:—

"Good name in man or woman, dear my lord,

Is the immediate jewel of their soul.

Who steals my purse, steals trash;

'Tis something, nothing: 'twas mine, 'tis his,
And has been slave to thousands:

But he, who filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,

And makes me poor indeed!"

Familiare est hominibus omnia sibi ignoscere nihil aliis remittere. Lat. VELLEIUS PATERCULUS.-"It is a common practice to overlook every fault in ourselves, but none in others." "It is our own vanity," says ROCHEFOUCAULT, "that makes the vanity of others intolerable."

Famosi libelli. Lat. SUETONIUS.-"Libels on the state, scurrilous pamphlets."

Fanaticus verius quam impostor, qui sibi aeque ac aliis imposuit. Lat.-"A fanatic, a frantic, mad enthusiast, rather than an impostor, who imposed on himself as much as on others." Applied by VENEMA to MANI, the founder of the sect of the Manicheans.

Fanfaron. Fr.-"A bully, boaster, braggadocio."

Fanfaronnade. Fr.-"Swaggering, boasting, bragging."

Far niente. Ital.—"A do-nothing, frivolous kind of fellow." Fari quae sentiat. Lat. HORACE.-"To say what one thinks." To speak openly and honestly.

Farrago. Lat.-"A mixture, jumble, hodgepodge."

Farrago libelli. Lat. JUVENAL.-"A hotch-potch of a book, the motley subject of one's page." "The remainder of the farrago libelli is hashed up chiefly from exaggerated statements, collected from hearsay only."

Fas est et ab hoste doceri. Lat. OVID.-"It is allowable to derive instruction even from an enemy; we may learn something even from an enemy." He who notices the mistakes of a foe gains thereby a lesson of advantage. "It is," says COLTON, "always safe to learn, even from our enemies: seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends."

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Fasciculus. Lat.-"A packet, parcel [of letters, books], mass of [literary] information, details, particulars." This agreeable Fasciculus has been most judiciously arranged."

Fastens-e'en.-Shrove-Tuesday, the day following which is AshWednesday, the first day of Lent; the eve, or evening [contracted to e’en], of the fasting days.

Fastidientis stomachi est multa degustare. Lat. SEneca.— "It shows a squeamish stomach to taste of many things." A weak appetite, taken in any sense, is only to be allured by variety.

Fata obstant. Lat. VIRGIL.-"The fates oppose it." It is in the destiny of things that the matters should be otherwise settled.

Fata volentem ducunt, nolentem trahunt. Lat.-"The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling." A sentiment in accordance with the Pagan and Mohammedan doctrine of Predestination.

Fatetur facinus, qui judicium fugit. Lat. Law maxim.-"He who flies from judgment confesses his crime." His flight is a tacit admission of his guilt.

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-Fatis accede Deisque

Et cole felices: miseros fuge. Sidera coelo
Ut distant, ut flamma mari, sic utile recto.
'Still follow where auspicious Fates invite,
Caress the happy, and the wretched slight.
Sooner shall jarring elements unite,

Lat. LUCAN.—

Than truth with gain, than interest with right." Fr.-"A suburb." 'Suburbs," houses or villages near a city, a little way out of town.

Faubourg.

Favete linguis. Lat. HORACE.-"Favor by tongues." Preserve a religious silence, give attention whilst the business proceeds. A solemn admonition repeatedly given whilst the superstitious rites of the Romans were in the act of being performed.