Part 113 (2/2)

=Richmond Hill= (_The La.s.s of_), Miss l'Anson, of Hill House, Richmond, Yorks.h.i.+re. Words by M'Nally, music by James Hook, who married the young lady.

_The La.s.s of Richmond Hill_ is one of the sweetest ballads in the language.--John Bell.

=Richmond= (_Kate_). New England girl, heroine of several sketches in Grace Greenwood's _Leaves_. ”Aside from her beauty and unfailing cheerfulness, she has a clear, strong intellect, an admirable taste and an earnest truthfulness of character.”--Grace Greenwood, _Greenwood Leaves_ (1850).

=Rickets= (_Mabel_), the old nurse of Frank Osbaldistone.--Sir W. Scott, _Rob Roy_ (time, George I.).

=Riderhood= (_Rogue_), the villain in d.i.c.kens's novel of _Our Mutual Friend_ (1864).

=Rides on the Tempest and Directs the Storm.= Joseph Addison, speaking of the duke of Marlborough and his famous victories, says that he inspired the fainting squadrons, and stood unmoved in the shock of battle:

So when an angel by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides on the tempest and directs the storm.

_The Campaign_ (1705).

=Ridicule= (_Father of_). Francois Rabelais is so styled by Sir Wm. Temple (1495-1553).

=Ridolphus=, one of the band of adventurers that joined the crusaders. He was slain by Argantes (bk. vii.)[TN-126]--Ta.s.so, _Jerusalem Delivered_ (1575).

=Rienzi= (_Nicolo Gabrni_) or COLA DI RIENZI, last of the tribunes, who a.s.sumed the name of ”Tribune of Liberty, Peace and Justice”

(1313-1354).

? Cola di Rienzi is the hero of a novel by Lord Bulwer Lytton, ent.i.tled _Rienzi_, or _The Last of the Tribunes_ (1849).

_Rienzi_, an opera by Wagner (1841). It opens with a number of the Orsini breaking into Rienzi's house, in order to abduct his sister, Irene, but in this they are foiled by the arrival of the Colonna and his followers. The outrage provokes a general insurrection, and Rienzi is appointed leader. The n.o.bles are worsted, and Rienzi becomes a senator; but the aristocracy hate him, and Paolo Orsini seeks to a.s.sa.s.sinate him, but without success. By the machinations of the German emperor and the Colonna, Rienzi is excommunicated and deserted by all his adherents. He is ultimately fired on by the populace and killed on the steps of the capitol.--Libretto by J. P. Jackson.

_Rienzi_ (_The English_), William with the Long Beard, _alias_ Fitzosbert (*-1196).

=Rigaud= (_Mons._), a Belgian, 35 years of age, confined in a villainous prison at Ma.r.s.eilles, for murdering his wife. He has a hooked nose, handsome after its kind, but too high between the eyes, and his eyes, though sharp, were too near to one another. He was, however, a large, tall man, with thin lips, and a goodly quant.i.ty of dry hair shot with red. When he spoke, his moustache went up under his nose, and his nose came down over his moustache. After his liberation from prison, he first took the name of Lagnier, and then of Blandois, his name being Rigaud Lagnier Blandois.--Charles d.i.c.kens, _Little Dorrit_ (1857).

=Rigdum-Funnidos=, a courtier in the palace of King Chrononhotonthologos.

After the death of the king, the widowed queen is advised to marry again, and Rigdum Funnidos is proposed to her as ”a very proper man.” At this Aldiborontephoscophornio takes umbrage, and the queen says, ”Well, gentlemen, to make matters easy, I'll have you both.”--H. Carey, _Chrononhotonthologos_ (1734).

? John Ballantyne, the publisher, was so called by Sir W. Scott. He was ”a quick, active, intrepid little fellow, full of fun and merriment ...

all over quaintness and humorous mimicry.”

=Right-Hitting Brand=, one of the companions of Robin Hood, mentioned by Mundy.

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