FIDELITY,-continued. But nothing alter'd: What I was, I am : W.T. iv. 3. A. C. iii. 11. His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; T.G. ii. 7. Thou'rt a good boy: this secresy of thine shall be a tailor to thee, and shall make thee a new doublet and hose. For all the sun sees, or M. W. iii. 3. The close earth wombs, or the profound seas hide To this my fair belov'd. W.T. iv. 3. Countrymen ! My heart doth joy, that yet, in all my life, Thou shalt not see me blush, Nor change my countenance for this arrest; FILCHING. J.C. v. 5. H.VI. PT. II. iii. 1. His thefts were too open; his filching was like an unskilful singer, he kept not time. M. W. i. 3. FILIAL INGRATITUDE (See also CHILDREN). How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is K. L. i. 4. RESENTMENT OF PARENTAL WRONGS. That drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard. FISHING. H. iv. 5. There's nothing to be got now-a-days, unless thou canst fish for't. P. P. ii. 1. FIT FOR A THIEF. Every true man's apparel fits your thief: If it be too little for your thief, your true man thinks it big enough; if FIT FOR A THIEF,-continued. M. M. iv. 2. it be too big for your thief, your thief thinks it little enough: so every true man's apparel fits your thief. FLATTERY (See also ADULATION, Parasites). O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool: All is oblique; Why this Is the world's soul; and just of the same piece T. A. i. 2. T. A. iv. 3. Is every flatterer's spirit. Every one that flatters thee, Is no friend in misery. He does me double wrong, That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue. O villains, vipers, damn'd without redemption! T. A. iii. 2. Poems. R. II. iii. 2. R. II. iii. 2. Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise, Why, what a candy deal of courtesy But when I tell him, he hates flatterers, T. A. i. 1. H. IV. PT. I. i. 3. Because I cannot flatter, and speak fair, I must be held a rancorous enemy. Why these looks of care? Thy flatterers yet wear silk, drink wine, lie soft; J.C. ii. 1. P. P. i. 2. R. III. i. 3. T. A. iv. 3. FLATTERY,-continued. I must prevent thee, Cimber. That will be thaw'd from the true quality, With that which melteth fools; I mean, sweet words, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Nay, do not think I flatter: For what advancement may I hope from thee, H. iii. 4. To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flatter'd? And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee 'Tis holy sport to be a little vain When the sweet breath of flattery conquers strife. Sweet poison for the age's tooth. They clap the lubber Ajax on the shoulder; FOLLOWERS. I follow him to serve my turn upon him: H. iii. 2. C. E. iii. 2. K. J. i. 1. T. C. iii. 3. O. i. 1. FOOL. Why, thou silly gentleman! O. i. 3. Let the doors be shut upon him; that he may play the fool nowhere but in his own house. I. iii. 1. Fools on both sides! T.C. i. 1. Alas, poor fool! how have they baffled thee! T. N. v. 1. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And, like the haggard, check at every feather L. L. v. 2. FOOL,-continued. As full of labour as a wise man's art: For folly, that he wisely shows, is fit; But wise men, folly-fallen, quite taint their wit. T. N. iii 1. A motley fool;-a miserable world! As I do live by food, I met a fool; Who laid him down, and bask'd him in the sun, And rail'd on lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms,—and yet a motley fool. FOOLERY. A. Y. ii. 7. Cym. ii. 3. Foolery, Sir, does walk about the orb, like the sun; it shines every where. Observe him for the love of mockery. What folly I commit, I dedicate to you. FOOLING. FOP. I do not like this fooling. They fool me to the top of my bent. T. N. iii. 1. T. N. ii. 5. T. C. iii. 2. T.C. v. 2. H. iii. 2. Beshrew me, the knight's in admirable fooling. T. N. ii. 3. The soul of this man is in his clothes. FOREIGN. Whose manners still our tardy apish nation, FORBEARANCE (See STRENGTH). FOREBODING. Some unborn sorrow, ripe in fortune's womb, Yet, again, methinks, Is coming toward me. A heavy summons lies like lead upon me. I have an ill-divining soul: Methinks I see thee now thou art below, A. W. ii. 5. R. II. ii. 1. R. II. ii. 2. M. ii. 1. Either my eye-sight fails, or thou look'st pale. R. J. iii. 5. The skies look grimly, And threaten present blusters. In my conscience, And frown upon us. For my mind misgives, Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, W. T. iii. 3. FOREBODING,―continued. With this night's revels; and expire the term In what particular thought to work, I know not; R. J. i. 4. H. i. 1. M. iii. 2. Sleep shall, neither night nor day, Hang upon his pent-house lid; He shall live a man forbid. M. i. 3. Ere the bat hath flown His cloister'd flight; ere, to black Hecate's summons, The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done M. iii. 2. The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, Not a frown further. Kneel not to me; The power that I have on you, is to spare you; And deal with others better. Then I'll look up; My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer C. v. 3. T. v. 1. Cym. v. 5. Can serve my turn? Forgive me my foul murder !— |