s to find
him on his death-bed.

Mary becomes, under Dr. Sevier's direction a city-missionary. "The work
... seemed to keep John near. Almost, sometimes, he seemed to walk at
her side in her errands of mercy, or to spread above her the arms of
benediction."--George W. Cable, _Dr. Sevier_ (1888).

=Richmond= (_The duchess of_) wife of Charles Stuart, in the court of
Charles II. The line became extinct, and the title was given to the
Lennox family.--Sir W. Scott, _Perveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles
II.).

_Richmond_ (_The earl of_), Henry of Lancaster.--Sir W. Scott, _Anne of
Geierstein_ (time, Edward IV.).

=Richmond Hill= (_The Lass of_), Miss l'Anson, of Hill House, Richmond,
Yorkshire. Words by M'Nally, music by James Hook, who married the young
lady.

_The Lass of Richmond Hill_ is one of the sweetest ballads in the
language.--John Bell.

=Richmond= (_Kate_). New England girl, heroine of several sketches in
Grace Greenwood's _Leaves_. "Aside from her beauty and unfailing
cheerfulness, she has a clear, strong intellect, an admirable taste and
an earnest truthfulness of character."--Grace Greenwood, _Greenwood
Leaves_ (1850).

=Rickets= (_Mabel_), the old nurse of Frank Osbaldistone.--Sir W. Scott,
_Rob Roy_ (time, George I.).

=Riderhood= (_Rogue_), the villain in Dickens's novel of _Our Mutual
Friend_ (1864).

=Rides on the Tempest and Directs the Storm.= Joseph Addison, speaking of
the duke of Marlborough and his famous victories, says that he inspired
the fainting squadrons, and stood unmoved in the shock of battle:

So when an angel by divine command,
With rising tempests shakes a guilty land,
Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past,
Calm and serene he drives the furious blast;
And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform,
Rides on the tempest and directs the storm.

_The Campaign_ (1705).

=Ridicule= (_Father of_). Fran[c,]ois Rabelais is so styled by Sir Wm.
Temple (1495-1553).

=Ridolphus=, one of the band of adventurers that joined the crusaders. He
was slain by Argant[^e]s (bk. vii.)[TN-126]--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_
(1575).

=Rienzi= (_Nicolo Gabr[:i]ni_) or COLA DI RIENZI, last of the tribunes,
who assumed the name of "Tribune of Liberty, Peace and Justice"
(1313-1354).

[Asterism] Cola di Rienzi is the hero of a novel by Lord Bulwer Lytton,
entitled _Rienzi_, or _The Last of the Tribunes_ (1849).

_Rienzi_, an opera by