olved to return to the "happy valley."--Dr. Johnson, _Rasselas_
(1759).

=Rats= (_Devoured by_). Archbishop Hatto, Count Graaf, Bishop Widerolf of
Strasburg, Bishop Adolph of Cologne, Freiherr von G[:u]ttingen were all
devoured by rats. (See HATTO.)

=Ratcliffe= (_James_), a notorious thief.--Sir W. Scott, _Heart of
Midlothian_ (time, George II.).

_Ratcliffe_ (_Mr. Hubert_), a friend of Sir Edward Mauley, "the Black
Dwarf."--Sir W. Scott, _The Black Dwarf_ (time, Anne).

_Ratcliffe_ (_Mrs._), the widow of "Don Carlos," who rescued Sheva at
Cadiz from an _auto da fe_.

_Charles Ratcliffe_, clerk of Sir Stephen Bertram, discharged because he
had a pretty sister, and Sir Stephen had a young son. Charles supported
his widowed mother and his sister by his earnings. He rescued Sheva, the
Jew, from a howling London mob, and was left the heir of the old man's
property.

_Miss [Eliza] Ratcliffe_, sister of Charles, clandestinely married to
Charles Bertram, and given [pounds]10,000 by the Jew to reconcile Sir
Stephen Bertram to the alliance. She was handsome, virtuous and elegant,
mild, modest and gentle.--Cumberland, _The Jew_ (1776).

=Rath'mor=, chief of Clutha (_the Clyde_), and father of Calthon and
Colmar. Dunthalmo, lord of Teutha, "came in his pride against him," and
was overcome, whereupon his anger rose, and he went by night with his
warriors and slew Rathmor in his own halls, where his feasts had so
often been spread for strangers.--Ossian, _Calthon and Colmal_.

=Rattlin= (_Jack_), a famous naval character in Smollett's _Roderick
Random_. Tom Bowling is in the same novel (1749).

=Rattray= (_Sir Runnion_), of Runnagullion; the duelling friend of Sir
Mungo Malagrowther.--Sir W. Scott, _Fortunes of Nigel_ (time, James I.).

=Raucocan'ti=, leader of a troupe of singers going to act in Sicily. The
whole were captured by Lambro, the pirate, and sold in Turkey as slaves.

'Twould not become myself to dwell upon
My own merits, and, tho' young, I see, sir, you [_Don Juan_]
Have got a travelled air, which shews you one
To whom the opera is by no means new.
You've heard of Raucocanti--I'm that man ...
You was [_sic_] not last year at the fair of Lugo,
But next, when I'm engaged to sing there--do go.

Byron, _Don Juan_, iv. 88 (1820).

=Raven= (_Barnaby's_), Grip, a large bird of most impish disposition. Its
usual phrases were: "I'm a devil!" "Never say die!" "Polly,