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Fantasia

in music, a species of composition in which the author confines FANTASIA, in music, a species of himself to no particular form or theme, but ranges as his fancy leads amid vari- himself to no particular form or theme, ous airs and movements.

Farm

a tract or piece of land cultiwork tin-bounds. cles subject to duties. Also a term

Farmer

one who farms or contracts to collect taxes, imposts, duties, etc., for a certain payment per cent.; also one who farms or cultivates ground; an agriculturist; a husbandman. - See FARMER LABOR PARTY.

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Farnese

the patronymic of an illustrious and princely Italian house, which arose about the middle of the 13th century. Of its principal members were the following:

Farnese

ALESSANDRO, Cardinal, raised to the tiara under the title of Pope Paul III., in 1534, who created his natural son, PIETRO, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.

Farnworth

a town of Lancashire, buildings. Pop. about 35,000. tures of cotton, brick, tile, and iron. Railway. It has important manufac- Within its limits are several mediæval player plays against the bank, which is kept by the proprietor of the table. It player plays against the bank, which is

Fatalism

the doctrine that all things are ordered for men by the arbitrary decrees of God or the fixed laws of nature. In theology, it has given birth

Fathers

THE to theories of predestination, and in moral science to such systems as those of Spinoza and Hegel, and more recently to the philosophy of Herbert Spencer. It is carried out to its most pitilessly logical extreme among the Mohammedans, where everything that can happen is "kismet," i. e., fated, or decreed by fate. a

Fata Morgana

a remarkable aërial phenomenon observed from the harbor of Messina and adjacent places, and supposed by the Sicilians to be the work of the fairy Morgana. Objects are reflected sometimes on the surface of the sea, and sometimes on a kind of aërial screen to 30 feet above it.

Fates

the Parcæ, or Destinies; the goddesses supposed to preside over the birth, life, and fortunes of men. They were three in number; Clotho held the spindle, Lachesis drew out the thread of man's destiny, and Atropos cut it off. is the early writers of the Christian Church

Febrifuge

a medicine tending to cure, or alleviate fever. As fevers are cured by several classes of medicines, the list of febrifuges would be very numerous, embracing articles from the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, and comprehending tonics, stimulants, emetics, diaphoretics, purgatives and diuretics.

Federals

the name given to those who during the Civil War in the United States fought to maintain the Union of the Federated States, in opposition to the Confederates.