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fierī ut fallar Fam
potest fierī ut fallar , Fam.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Fīētis ut fīāmus fīs
3. Fīētis, ut fīāmus, fīs, fīemus.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

fairest unsupported flower From
In bower and field he sought, where any tuft Of grove or garden-plot more pleasant lay, Their tendance, or plantation for delight; By fountain or by shady rivulet He sought them both, but wished his hap might find Eve separate; he wished, but not with hope Of what so seldom chanced; when to his wish, Beyond his hope, Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance, where she stood, Half spied, so thick the roses blushing round About her glowed, oft stooping to support Each flower of slender stalk, whose head, though gay Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold, Hung drooping unsustained; them she upstays Gently with myrtle band, mindless the while Herself, though fairest unsupported flower, From her best prop so far, and storm so nigh.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

fîet ut fîat fîêbâmus
EXERCISES I. 1. Fit, fîet, ut fîat, fîêbâmus.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

for us for fame
"Will you lecture for us for fame?" was the telegram young Henry Ward Beecher received from a Young Men's Christian Association in the West.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

first unattended footsteps from
Perhaps there was a more real torture in her first unattended footsteps from the threshold of the prison, than even in the procession and spectacle that have been described, where she was made the common infamy, at which all mankind was summoned to point its finger.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

followed us from Fushimi
At a temple by the roadside we fell in with Komatsu, who had followed us from Fushimi, and by one o'clock we arrived at Sô-koku-ji, a Buddhist temple close to the Satsuma yashiki at the back of the imperial palace.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

fīet ut fīat fīēbāmus
EXERCISES I. 1. Fit, fīet, ut fīat, fīēbāmus.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

fresh urgency felt for
There was fresh urgency felt for the pacification in the absence of any hope of assistance from the king, since the progress of the Catharan heresy was ever more alarming.
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea

fall upon fair Florence
At least Jack Houston thought as much, and casting an eye about the town it chanced to fall upon fair Florence.
— from Ann Arbor Tales by Karl Edwin Harriman

flung up from far
Up the channel with gleaming ports will homing squadrons go, And see the English coast alight with headlands all aglow With thirty thousand candle-power flung up from far Gris-nez.
— from On Patrol by John Graham Bower

from unreasonable far from
Their aspirations were far from unreasonable, far from impossible, until, on {232} the 10th of June, death barred the way by removing the young Prince.
— from The French Revolution: A Short History by R. M. (Robert Matteson) Johnston

fairest unsupported Flour From
He sought them both, but wish’d his hap might find Eve separate, he wish’d, but not with hope Of what so seldom chanc’d, when to his wish, Beyond his hope, Eve separate he spies, Veild in a Cloud of Fragrance, where she stood, Half spi’d, so thick the Roses bushing round About her glowd, oft stooping to support Each Flour of slender stalk, whose head though gay Carnation, Purple, Azure, or spect with Gold, Hung drooping unsustaind, them she upstaies Gently with Mirtle band, mindless the while, Her self, though fairest unsupported Flour, From her best prop so farr, and storn so nigh.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

favour us faded from
At the sight of our burden, the abuse with which she was about to favour us faded from her lips as she gazed at us in utter amazement.
— from My Friend Smith: A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed

feet used for funeral
We must also mention some apodal vases, and others with three feet, used for funeral purposes, containing human ashes ( Fig. 90 ).
— from Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by Nadaillac, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de

from unbelief free from
From error, free from doubt, and uncertainty, free from unbelief, free from the powers of darkness, free from the possibility of being tempted beyond your strength; but to resist error and to shun even the appearance of sin.
— from Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith by Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding) Smith


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