Rhymes inscribed on knives, and alluded to by Shakespeare, iii. [38], note; on fruit trenchers, ib.; on rings, [39], note.
Riccoboni, a celebrated actor, his remarks on the Italian extempore comedy, ii. 134; anecdote of, 137; his inscription on the curtain of his theatre, ib.
Rich, a celebrated harlequin, ii. 130, and note.
Richardson, the author of Sir Charles Grandison, remarks on him and his works, ii. 62-65.
Richelieu, Cardinal de, his general character, ii. 349; his death-bed, ib.; anecdotes of the sinister means practised by, 350; his confessor, Father Joseph, 351-353; projects of assassination of, 354, and note; drives Father Caussin, the king’s confessor, into exile, 355.
Rive, Abbé de, librarian of the Duke de la Vallière, iii. [341]; his style of criticism, [342]; his collections for works never begun, ib.; his observations on the cause of the errors of literary history, [344].
Robinson Crusoe, remarks on, ii. 274; history of, traced, 275; written by Defoe, after illness, and in comparative solitude, 276; not published till seven years after Selkirk’s adventures, 277.
Roc, the, of Arabian tales, a creature of Rabbinical fancy, i. 124.
Rochefoucault De la, remarks on him and his maxims, i. 110.
Rochelle, expedition to, ii. 367; preparations for, ib.; frustrated by the death of Buckingham, 369.