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Letter "F" » furlong
«And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.»
«So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.»
«And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.»
«And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.»
«Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: / And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.»
«Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through.»
«Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.»