Fabricius, John, II. 25.
Fabbroni, II. 10.
Faggiuolo, signori della, I. 28.
Faliero, Marino, doge of Venice, I.
105.
Falucci, the conti, I. 28.
Fantoni, Sebastian, II. 51.
Farinelli, the singer, his friendship
for Metastasio, II. 209.
Farnese, Orazio, III. 62.
Fedele, Cassandra, II. 76. Her
death, 76.
Feliciana de Vega, III. 227.
Fermo, Oliverotto da, I. 266.
Ferranti, Pietro, I. 21.
Ferrara, Cieco da, his writings, I.
179.
Ferreira, Antonio, mentioned as
the classic poet of Portugal, III.
292. His death and character,
293. Style of his writings, 294.
Ficino, Marsiglio, I. 152. His birth
and early education, 159. Brief
review of his works, 160. His
death, in the sixty-sixth year of
his age, 161.
Figueroa, don Lope, III. 127.
Filicaja, Vincenzo da; his birth,
parentage, and early education,
II. 180. His marriage, 181. His
enthusiastic piety, 181. His characteristics,
facil dignity, and
clearness, 182. Fills several law
offices of great power and emolument,
183. His death, in the
sixty-fifth year of his age, 184.
Foscarinus, Paul Anthony, II. 51.
Foscolo, Ugo, his birth and parentage,
II. 354. His early education,
355. Resolves to follow the steps
of Alfieri, and to acquire fame as
a tragedian; produces his drama
of "Thyestes" at the early age
of nineteen, 356. Political allusions
that gave it its chief interest,
357. Extracts from his
work, entitled "Letters of Jacopo
Ortis," 358. Leaves Venice,
and takes the road to Tuscany,
360. Pursues his way to Milan,
the then capital of the Cisalpine
republic, 361. His indignation at
the sentence passed by the great
council against the Latin language,
362. Falls in love with a
young lady of Pisa, 362. His attachment
not fortunate; he suffers
all the throes of disappointment
and grief, 363. Becomes an
officer in the Lombard legion,
363. His bravery during the
siege of Geneva, 364. His letter
to Napoleon, 364. Returns to Milan
after the battle of Marengo,
365. Increases his fame by the
publication of his "Last Letters
of Jacopo Ortis," 365. Outline
of the piece, 366. Its success
immediate and striking, 369.
His person, as described by Pecchio,
369. Anecdotes of, 370.
Publishes an oration to Bonaparte,
371. Its style forcible and
rhetorical, 372. Enters on the
study of the Greek language;
undertakes the translation of
Sterne's "Sentimental Journey,"
373. His egotistical account of
his own singularities, 374. Undertakes
to make a new edition
of the military works of Montecucoli,
with notes, 375. Writes
his "Ode on Sepulchres;" outline
of the poem, 376. Publishes
his translation of the first book of
the Iliad, 377. Installed professor
in the university of Pavia, 377.
His introductory oration on the
origin and use of letters, 378.
Retreats from the university, to
the seclusion of the Lake of
Como, 378. Commences his
"Ode to the Graces," 379. Political
tendency of his writings,
380. Submits to an exile from
Milan, and again visits Tuscany,
381. Style of his writings in
general, 382. Resumes his military
duties; promoted to the
rank of colonel, 384. His conversation
with Pecchio; leaves
Italy in disguise, and takes refuge
in Switzerland, 385. Repairs
to England, and is received
with open arms by the Whig
party, 386. Ceases to be a lion,
and retires to the neighbourhood
of St. John's Wood, near the Regent's
Park, 387. Supports himself
chiefly by writing for the Quarterly
Review, 387. Outline of
his tragedy of "Ricciarda," 388.
Delivers a course of lectures on
Italian literature, 389. Obliged
to provide for daily necessity, by
writing for various reviews and
magazines, 390. His illness, 391.
His death, 392. His character
and literary merits, 393.
Francesca, daughter of Petrarch,
I. 106.
Frangipani, I. 1.
Franzesi, don Juan, III, 62.
Fuccarius, II. 13.