FEN 
Yeas. course which he delivered in 1707, at the consecration 
—v~" of the Elector of Cologne, was adapt 
ose ipte ee 
cence of the » and proves 
rivalled the most eminent met of his time ; but it 
was his ordinary practice, a 
bat which ordi men would do well to follow with 
caution, Phase atte Wid indienne si :tida axon 
ordinary man, are referred to Querbeuf's Vie de Fene- 
fon; Ramsay's Hist. de la vie de M, Fenelon;, Eloge de 
an M. D'Alembert ; apd peaticelany. Bausset's 
en 
Life clon, translated by Mudford. (9) 
NTON, Exisan, an ah ces some note, 
was born near Newcastle in Staffordshire, of an ancient 
very considerable, But he 
and afterwards to Cambridge ; but doubting the lega- 
seen © qualify himself 
& public employment, by taking the requisite oaths, 
university without a degree. 
“tre f was thus excluded from the ordinary 
tuitous livelihood. The obscurity 
mode of life, renders it impossible to trace. his varyi 
circumstances, or to discover what means he for 
his support. It is certain, however, that he kept his 
name unsullied, and that his character has never been 
subj to any mean or dishonourable imputation. 
hectlpler oAe cy cay Rigebegadrk a2 of q 
in Flanders, and tutor to the,son of that nobleman. 
one time, he was. assistant in the school of Mr Bon- 
wicke in Surry, and at another kept a school of his own 
at Sevenoaks in Kent, which he brought into consider- 
able te ; but was persuaded to leave it, in 1710, by 
Mr St John, under a promise of some more 
able em] of which, however, he appears to 
have been dia inted. 
In 1707, he published a collection of poems, which 
gr yok im ion to the company of the wits of 
is time ; and his amiable manners made him be es- 
teemed by all who knew him. Alth he professed 
the principles of a non-juror, he zealously Pathe ed his 
pen in the praise of Queen Anne; and very li ly 
pow vyahy dies of ay , when he was at the 
height of his glory. t his elegant penegyrics do not 
seem to have procured him any patronage from the 
P Rewihe ben ere Peres him ina situation from 
w ve derived great advantage. 
when he became secretary of state shout 120, fealeg 
his want of literature, desired Pope to procure him an 
instructor, by whose assistance he might supply the 
deficiencies of his education. Pope rocteuinentied Rais 
ton, and his choice proved acceptable to Craggs. But 
the epot pe barge tae carried off the patron, and 
put an end to the pleasing expectations of Fenton. 
When P resolved to’ auxiliaries in the 
translation of the Odyssey, he uted twelve books 
between Broome and Fenton, The books allotted to 
the latter, were the first, the fourth, the nineteenth, 
and the twentieth. In what manner Fenton perform. 
FER 
i , nor corrected the press, was su ; 
Gecandtile of ctacrriment, "To! this'edition ke-peelae 
- ne nt account of pee ph pe 
ikewise publi |, in 1729, a very’ i ion. 
7 often weefl: snd chpetainidlly B 
tion, he had been invited by che brite of Sir ; 
Trambull to educate her son, whom he first 
stead, in Berkshire, where he died in 1730. asf 
. Fenton was large in stature, and it to, oes pu 
lence, which tendency was increased by a s ish and 
His por fics bs 
paise. Asa poet, he did not discover much in 
genius ; but he has a good title to be considered an 
complished scholar, and a skilful versifier. =~ 
Pope, who had lived in habits of sincere 4 
with Fenton, honoured his memory. with the follow 
., ; ‘ , * Dah OA She 
« This modest stone, which few vain marbles can, thls 
May tay say, ete Hes a Benet ma Pang 
spy: ef ih gh hae 
‘Wyhom heuy's Sigs suared any 8 proud and great; 
= 
- Cofitent with ablenee im le wale of gemtec 
regret, j 
From nature’s temp’ rate feast rose <p aah 
Thank'd heav'n that he had liv’d, and that he dy’a.* 
~ FERDINAND. See Spar. a, eee 
FERE La, the name of a town of France, in the de 
ent of the Aisne. It is situated near the 
re, which runs into the Oise. The town is 
and contains many excellent houses. It-was st 
fortified by Cardinal Mazarine, but is now dism 
In approaching it from Laon, -we- over a fos 
by a paltry wooden bri Sagat ster it by 
old gate. A stream, with several mills upon it, runs 
through the town. On leaving the town for St Quintin, 
et ee 
