Feejee

See Fiji. Feenix (fe'niks), Cousin. In Charles Dickens's "Dombey and Son," a well-preserved society man, very youthful in appearance: a bachelor, and the cousin of Edith Granger. Fehmarn. See Femern . Fehrbellin (far-bel-lēn'). A small town in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia, 33 miles northwest of Berlin. Here the Pru ians under the Great Elector defeated the Swedes under Wrangel, June 18 (28 N. S.), 1675. Feign well. See Fain well . Feijó (fa-zhō), Diogo Antonio: commonly called Padre Feijó. Born at São Paulo, Aug., 1784: died there, Nov. 10, 1843. A Brazilian priest and statesman. He was minister of justice July 4, 1831, to July 20, 1832, senator from 1833, and from Oct. 12, 1835, to Sept. 18, 1837, regent of Brazil. He was a pronounced liberal, even advocating the abolition of the celibacy of the clergy. Feilding (fel'ding), Robert: called Beau Feilding. Died May 12, 1712. An English rake of the period of the Restoration. He became notori ous for his amours at the court of Charles II., where he was known as "handsome Feilding." He afterward became a Roman Catholic, and was given a regiment by James II., whom he accompanied to Ireland. He sat for Gowran in Irish of 1689; was in Paris in 1692; and in 1696 returned to England, where he was for a time committed to New gate. He married one Mary Wads worth, Nov. 9, 1705, supposing her to be a wealthy lady (Mrs. Deleau), whose hair-dre er he had bribed to bring about a marriage. Nov. 25, 1705, he married the Duche of Cleveland, the former mistre of Charles II., and was in consequence convicted of bigamy. He was de scribed by Steele as Orlando in the "Tatler" (Nos. 50 and 51, 1709). Feitama (fi'tä-mä), Sybrand. Born at Amsterdam, Dec., 1694: died at Amsterdam, June, 1758. A Dutch poet and translator from the French. He French historian, son of André Félibien. Sept. 14, 1666: died at Paris, Sept. 25, 1719. A wrote a "His to ire de l'abba ye royale de Saint-Denis" (1706), etc. Church. Felix IV. Pope 526-530. He was elevated to the papal see through the influence of Theodoric, king of the East Goths. Felix V., Pope. See A made us VIII . (of Savoy). Felix, Antonius. A Roman procurator of Judea. He was a freedman of Antonia, mother of the emperor Claudius I., and was the brother of the latter's favorite, the freedman Pallas. He was appointed procurator of sination of the high priest Jonathan, who had offended him by unpalatable advice. He was recalled about 60 A. D., and was saved from the consequences of his tyranny and extortion by the interce ion of his brother with the emperor Nero. Félix (fā-lēs'), Célest in Joseph. Born at Neu- ville-sur-Escaut, near Valenciennes, France, June 28, 1810: died at Lille, July 6, 1891. A French Jesuit preacher. Felix (fe'liks), Don. In Mrs. Cent livre's com- edy "The Wonder, or a Woman keeps a Secret," a Portuguese gentleman in love with Violante. His lively jealousy is roused by Violante's unusual accom- plishment of keeping another's secret. Garrick played Feltre, Duc de Felixmarte of Hyrcania. An old Spanish romance. It was one of those said to be in Don Quixote's library. Before God, your worship should have read what I have read concerning Felixmarte of Hyrcania, who with one back-stroke cut asunder five giants in the middle, as if they had been so many bear-coate