Cibber. The best
actors of this part were David Garrick (1716-1779), Henry Mossop
(1729-1773) and Edmund Kean (1787-1833).

Richard III. was only 19 years old at the opening of Shakespeare's
play.--Sharon Turner.

_The Horse of Richard III._, White Surrey.--Shakespeare, _Richard III._
act v. sc. 3 (1597).

_Richard's himself again!_ These words were interpolated by John Kemble
from Colley Cibber.

=Richards= (_Allen_). He meets his lately betrothed in a parlor-car, and
the dialogue that ensues ends in reconciliation and renewal of vows.
They are alone, except when the porter enters from time to time, and a
providential detention on the road prolongs the interview.--W. D.
Howells, _The Parlor Car_ (a farce, 1876).

=Richelieu= (_Armand_), cardinal and chief minister of France. The duke of
Orleans (the king's brother), the count de Baradas (the king's
favorite), and other noblemen, conspired to assassinate Richelieu,
dethrone Louis XIII., and make Gaston, duke of Orleans, the regent. The
plot was revealed to the cardinal by Marion de Lorme, in whose house the
conspirators met. The conspirators were arrested, and several of them
put to death, but Gaston, duke of Orleans, turned king's evidence, and
was pardoned.--Lord Lytton, _Richelieu_ (1839).

=Richland= (_Miss_), intended for Leontine Croaker, but she gives her hand
in marriage to Mr. Honeywood, "the good-natured man," who promises to
abandon his quixotic benevolence, and to make it his study in future "to
reserve his pity for real distress, his friendship for true merit, and
his love for her who first taught him what it is to be happy."--Goldsmith,
_The Good-natured Man_ (1768).

=Richlings= (_The_). Brave young couple who come to New Orleans to make a
living. _John Richling_ has forfeited the favor of a rich father by
marrying the woman of his choice, but never regrets the action. From the
outset ill-fortune pursues him. He is willing to work, but work is hard
to get. He accepts various employments, more or less menial, and through
no fault of his, loses one after another. Nothing is stable except
_Mary's_ love and _Dr. Sevier's_ friendship. Just before the war poverty
compels him to send Mary to her mother in Milwaukee. There her child is
born. He remains in New Orleans, working hard, and steadily failing in
health. For three years they are separated by war, the noble wife trying
all the while to get to her husband. When she succeeds, it i