Wagner (1841). It opens with a number of the
Orsini breaking into Rienzi's house, in order to abduct his sister,
Ir[=e]n[^e], but in this they are foiled by the arrival of the Colonna and
his followers. The outrage provokes a general insurrection, and Rienzi
is appointed leader. The nobles are worsted, and Rienzi becomes a
senator; but the aristocracy hate him, and Paolo Orsini seeks to
assassinate him, but without success. By the machinations of the German
emperor and the Colonna, Rienzi is excommunicated and deserted by all
his adherents. He is ultimately fired on by the populace and killed on
the steps of the capitol.--Libretto by J. P. Jackson.

_Rienzi_ (_The English_), William with the Long Beard, _alias_
Fitzosbert (*-1196).

=Rigaud= (_Mons._), a Belgian, 35 years of age, confined in a villainous
prison at Marseilles, for murdering his wife. He has a hooked nose,
handsome after its kind, but too high between the eyes, and his eyes,
though sharp, were too near to one another. He was, however, a large,
tall man, with thin lips, and a goodly quantity of dry hair shot with
red. When he spoke, his moustache went up under his nose, and his nose
came down over his moustache. After his liberation from prison, he first
took the name of Lagnier, and then of Blandois, his name being Rigaud
Lagnier Blandois.--Charles Dickens, _Little Dorrit_ (1857).

=Rigdum-Funnidos=, a courtier in the palace of King Chrononhotonthologos.
After the death of the king, the widowed queen is advised to marry
again, and Rigdum Funnidos is proposed to her as "a very proper man." At
this Aldiborontephoscophornio takes umbrage, and the queen says, "Well,
gentlemen, to make matters easy, I'll have you both."--H. Carey,
_Chrononhotonthologos_ (1734).

[Asterism] John Ballantyne, the publisher, was so called by Sir W.
Scott. He was "a quick, active, intrepid little fellow, full of fun and
merriment ... all over quaintness and humorous mimicry."

=Right-Hitting Brand=, one of the companions of Robin Hood, mentioned by
Mundy.

=Rig'olette= (3 _syl._), a grisette and courtezan.--Eug[`e]ne Sue,
_Mysteries of Paris_ (1842-3).

_Rigoletto_, an opera, describing the agony of a father obliged to
witness the violation of his own daughter.--Verdi, _Rigoletto_ (1852).

[Asterism] The libretto of this opera is borrowed from Victor Hugo's
drama _Le Roi s'Amuse_.

=Rimegap= (_Joe_), one of the miners of Sir Geoffrey Perveril[TN-127] of
the Pe