RIDICULE described, 114
it creates a fictitious personage, _ib._
a test of truth, 264, 267
RITSON, Joseph, the late poetical antiquary, carried criticism to
insanity, 51
RITSON, Isaac, a young Scotch writer, perishes by attempting to
exist by the efforts of his pen, 75
his extemporary rhapsody descriptive of his melancholy fate, 76
ROYAL SOCIETY, the, 335, 361
encounters much opposition when first established, _ib._