Quince, origin of, ii. 157, note.
Quodlibets, or Scholastic Disquisitions, i. 60.
Quotation, remarks on the use of, ii. 416; Selden’s precept for, violated by himself, 417; Bayle’s remarks on the use of, 418; when used by an eminent author often appropriated by an inferior, 419; value of the proper application of, 420.
Rabbinical Stories, specimens of, i. 120-126; scripture quoted to support, 126.
Rantzau, founder of the great library at Copenhagen, stanzas by, i. 5.
Ranz des Vaches, effect of, i. 274.
Rawleigh, Sir Walter, composed his History of the World in prison, i. 36; assisted in that work by several eminent persons, ib.; variations in orthography of his name, iii. [111], note; author’s account of his character, [112]; Gibbon’s and Hume’s observations on, [113]; cunning practised by, ib.; anecdotes of, [114]; account of his return from Guiana, [115], [116]; his attempt to escape, [118]; betrayed by Sir Lewis Stucley, [119]; narrative of his last hours, [124]-129; his History of the World, the labour of several persons, [131]; note on Mr. Tytler’s remarks on the author’s account of, [135], note; his extravagance in dress, [407]; notice of Oldys’s life of, [499].
Raynaud, Theophilus, his works fill twenty folios, and ruined his bookseller, 542; notice of, 543; his curious treatises, ib.
Realists, a sect of Scholars, i. 312.
Reformation, origin of, iii. [142].