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Republican Politicks. Mischievous to this kingdom, iii. 70.
Reputation. That of some men so amiable, that we may love their characters, though strangers to their persons, xiii. 431.
Resignation. The most melancholy of all virtues, xiii. 359.
Revenge. What the cruellest kind of it, xiii. 93.
Revenue (publick). What proportion of it is sunk before the remainder is applied to the proper use, ii. 420.
Revenues (episcopal). So reduced in Ireland by alienations, that three or four sees were often united, to make a tolerable competency, v. 270.
Review. See Observator.
Revolution. The principal objection to its justifiableness answered, ii. 375. Chiefly brought about by the tories, though the whigs claimed the merit of it, iii. 6. The dissenters great gainers by it, 187. Revolution principles, 214. xiv. 21. The whig maxim concerning revolutions, iii. 214. Revolution, in what it differed from the rebellion under king Charles the First, x. 81.
Richard II. When he made a mean figure, xvi. 332.
Richardson (rev. Mr.). His ingenious politeness to dean Swift, xiii. 379. His project for translating prayers and sermons into the Irish language, xiv. 371. xv. 7.
Richardson (miss). Receives from Dr. Swift a beautiful diamond ring, adorned with some of her own hair and some of the dean's, xiii. 411.
Riches. Why in some sort necessary to old men, x. 245. Not so great a blessing as commonly thought to be, 101. Why not intended by God to be necessary for our happiness in this life, 103. Lord Bolingbroke's reflections on them, xii. 59. Dr. Swift's estimation of them, 78.
Ridpath, Mr. (the original author of the Flying Post). His character as a writer, iii. 274. xviii. 31.
Rights of the Christian Church. Remarks on a Book so entitled, xvi. 179. Account of its author, ii. 396. xvi. 181.
Rivers (Richard Savage earl). Made lieutenant of the Tower, 1710, by a stratagem, in opposition to the duke of Marlborough's intent, iv. 290. 374. xviii. 69. Sent to Hanover, to remove some prejudices the elector had conceived against the queen's ministry, iv. 214. xi. 120. Some particulars of his will, xv. 327. His character, xviii. 223. Solicits an acquaintance with Dr. Swift, xiv. 285.
Robberies (street). Want of common courage in gentlemen frequently the cause of them, ix. 303.
Robert (eldest son to the conqueror). At his father's death, took possession of Normandy, xvi. 10. Prepared to assert his claim to the English crown, ibid. Farther particulars of his life, 11-38. His death and character, 53.
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