used an ear-trumpet.
=Rez'io= (_Dr._) or "Pedro Rezio of Ague'ro," the doctor of Barata'ria,
who forbade Sancho Panza to taste any of the meats set before him. Roast
partridge was "forbidden by Hippoc'rat[^e]s." Podri'da was "the most
pernicious food in the world." Rabbits were "a sharp-haired diet." Veal
was "prejudicial to health." But, he said, the governor might eat "a few
wafers, and a thin slice or two of quince."--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_,
II. iii. 10 (1615).
=Rhadaman'thus=, son of Jupiter and Euro'pa. He reigned in the Cyclad[^e]s
with such partiality, that at death he was made one of the judges of the
infernal regions.
And if departed souls must rise again ...
And bide the judgment of reward or pain ...
Then Rhadamanthus and stern Minos were
True types of justice while they liv[`e]d here.
Lord Brooke, _Monarchie_, i. (1554-1628).
=Rhampsini'tos=, king of Egypt, usually called Ram'es[^e]s III., the
richest of the Egyptian monarchs, who amassed 72 millions sterling,
which he secured in a treasury of stone. By an artifice of the builder,
he was robbed every night.--_Herodotus_, ii. 121.
A parallel tale is told of Hyrieus [_Hy'.ri.uce_] of Hyr[)i]a. His two
architects, Troph[=o]nios and Agam[=e]d[^e]s (brothers), built his
treasure-vaults, but left one stone removable at pleasure. After great
loss of treasure, Hyrieus spread a net, in which Agame'des was caught.
To prevent recognition, Trophonios cut off his brother's
head.--Pausanias, _Itinerary of Greece_, ix. 37, 3.
A similar tale is told of the treasure-vaults of Aug[)e]as, king of
Elis.
=Rha'sis= or Mohammed Aboubekr ibn Zakaria el Razi, a noted Arabian
physician. He wrote a treatise on small-pox and measles, with some 200
other treatises (850-923).
Well, error has no end;
And Rhasis is a sage.
R. Browning, _Paracelsus_, iii.
=Rhea's Child.= Jupiter is so called by Pindar. He dethroned his father,
Saturn.
The child
Of Rhea drove him [_Saturn_] from the upper sky.
Akenside, _Hymn to the Naiads_ (1767).
=Rheims= (_The Jackdaw of_), The cardinal-archbishop of Rheims made a
great feast, to which he invited all the joblillies of the neighborhood.
There were abbots and prelates, knights and squires, and all who
delighted to honor the great panjandrum of Rheims. The feast over, water
was served, and his lordship's grace, drawing off his turquoise
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