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Resolutions, the fallacious estimate generally made, iv. 106. custom commonly too strong for, 228, 229.

Restless, Tom, short history of, iv. 293.

Retirement, the disadvantages of it when indulged to excess by men of genius and letters, ii. 70. rural, the motives of some persons to desire it, iii. 140.

Retrospection on our conduct, the importance and usefulness of it, ii. 38.

Rhodes, isle of, story of the dragon which ravaged, iv. 173.

Richard the second, observations on Shakespeare's play of, v. 162.

Richard the third, observations on Shakespeare's play of, v. 168.

Richardson's, Jonathan, Treatise on Painting, gave the first fondness of that art to sir Joshua Reynolds, vii. 2.

Richardson, Samuel, his character of Lovelace taken from the Lothario of the Fair Penitent, vii. 408. characterized as a writer, 409. his paper in the Rambler, ii. 463.

Riches, the folly of pursuing them as the chief end of our being, ii. 280. the true use of, iii. 74. the general desire of them whence it proceeds, ii. 123. the peace of life too often destroyed by incessant and zealous stragglings for them, ibid. the arts by which they are gained frequently irreconcilable with virtue, ibid. not the cause of happiness, iv. 332. the general desire for, 365. not so dangerous as formerly, ibid. hope of, more than the enjoyment, 366. what it is to be rich, ibid. avarice always poor, ibid. story of Tom Tranquil, a rich man, ibid. best obtained by silent profit and industry, exemplified in the history of Ortogrul of Basra, 437. ill effects of, i. 12.

Riches (hereditary,) advantages and disadvantages of, iv. 107.

Ridicule, the business of comedy, v. 368.

Riding, honours due to the lady who undertook to ride one thousand miles in one thousand hours, and performed it in about two thirds of the time, iv. 166. an equestrian statue proposed to be erected to her memory, 167. difficulties respecting a proper inscription, 168.

Righteousness considered, iv. 412.

Rio verde, translations of the first two stanzas of that song, i. 142.

Riots, in London, 1780, description of, i. 381.

Roarer, his character, iii. 185.

Rochester, John Wilmot, earl of, life of, vii. 157. son of Henry, earl of Rochester, ibid. born April 10, 1647, ibid. educated at Burford school, ibid. entered at Wadham college, ibid. travelled into France and Italy, ibid. entered into the sea service, ibid. early given to intemperance, ibid. gentleman of the bedchamber, and comptroller of Woodstock park, 158. mentioned by Wood as the greatest scholar of all the nobility, ibid. his favourite authors, Boileau and Cowley, ibid. pursues a life of drunken gaiety, ibid. becomes acquainted with Dr. Burnet, which produced a total change of his manners and opinions, ibid. died at the age of thirty-four, July 26, 1680, 159. his character, ibid. many things imputed to him which he is supposed not to have written, ibid. the first edition of his works printed in the year of his death, Antwerp in the title page, ibid. character of his works, ibid. his poem on Nothing criticised, 160. his lampoon on sir Car Scroop, 161. his Satire against Man criticised, ibid. takes E. Settle under his protection, 274.

Rolt's Dictionary of Commerce, preface to, v. 247.

Romances, the general design of them, ii. 15. those of the former and present age compared, 17.

Romans, their donatives rather popular than virtuous, iv. 160. made no standing provision for the needy, ibid. remarks on, vi. 10.

Rome, supplied by Sicily with corn, v. 311. afterwards supplied with corn from Africa and Egypt, ibid.

Romeo and Juliet, observations on Shakespeare's play of, v.176.

Rona, account of the island of, ix. 56.

Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, earl of, his life, vii. 164. son of James Dillon, earl of Roscommon, born in Ireland, ibid. educated in Yorkshire, at his uncle's, lord Strafford, ibid. sent to Caen, to study under Bochart, ibid. is said to have had preternatural intelligence of his father's death, 165. the credit to be given to such intelligence, ibid. travels into Italy, ibid. at the restoration returns to England, is made captain of the band of pensioners, and addicts*