old father of Harriot, on whom he dotes. He
is so self-willed that he will not listen to reason, and has set his
mind on his daughter marrying Sir Harry Beagle. She marries, however,
Mr. Oakly.--(See HARRIOT.)--George Colman, _The Jealous Wife_ (1761).

=Russian Byron= (_The_), Alexander Sergeiwitch Pushkin (1799-1837).

=Russian History= (_The Father of_), Nestor, a monk of Kiev. His
_Chronicle_ includes the years between 862 and 1116 (twelfth century).

=Russian Murat= (_The_), Michael Miloradowith (1770-1820).

=Rust= (_Martin_), an absurd old antiquary. "He likes no coins but those
which have no head on them." He took a fancy to Juliet, the niece of Sir
Thomas Lofty, but preferred his "AEn[=e]as, his precious relic of Troy,"
to the living beauty; and Juliet preferred Richard Bever to Mr. Rust;
so matters were soon amicably adjusted.--Foote, _The Patron_ (1764).

=Rustam=, chief of the Persian mythical heroes, son of Z[^a]l "the Fair,"
king of India, and regular descendant of Benjamin, the beloved son of
Jacob, the patriarch. He delivered King Ca[:i]c[=a]us (4 _syl._) from
prison, but afterwards fell into disgrace because he refused to embrace
the religious system of Zoroaster. Ca[:i]caus sent his son, Asfendiar (or
Isfendiar) to convert him, and, as persuasion availed nothing, the logic
of single combat was resorted to. The fight lasted two days, and then
Rustam discovered that Asfendiar bore a "charmed life," proof against
all wounds. The valor of these two heroes is proverbial, and the Persian
romances are full of their deeds of fight.

_Rustam's Horse_, Reksh.--Chardin, _Travels_ (1686-1711).

In Matthew Arnold's poem, _Sohrab and Rustum_, Rustum fights with and
overcomes Sohrab, and finds too late that he has slain his own son.

_Rustam_, son of Tamur, king of Persia. He had a trial of strength with
Rustam, son of Z[^a]l, which was to pull away from his adversary an iron
ring. The combat was never decided, for Rustam could no more conquer
Rustam than Roland could overcome Oliver.--Chardin, _Travels_
(1686-1711).

=Rusticus's Pig=, the pig on which Rusticus fed daily, but which never
diminished.

Two Christians, travelling in Poland, ... came to the door of
Rust[)i]cus, a heathen peasant, who had killed a fat hog to
celebrate the birth of a son. The pilgrims, being invited to
partake of the feast, pronounced a blessing on what was left, which
_never diminished in si