RALEIGH, Sir Walter, his opinion on the conduct of the Spanish war,
iii. 252.
received money to use his interest with the Queen, 268.
REASON, best exercised in society, iii. 106.
RECREANT, why a term of disgrace for a vanquished knight, iv. 251.
REFORMATION, established in the reign of Elizabeth, iv. 31, 32.
though founded on principles of liberty, for a time favoured the
power of the crown, 70.
carried on and established by the whole legislature, 73.
RELIGIOUS HOUSES, suppression of, favoured the extension of
prerogative, iv. 20.
REPRESENTATION, Dramatic, requires stricter adherence to truth than
narration, iv. 326.
RETAINERS, laws of Henry VII. against, iv. 25.
RETIREMENT, foundation of the dialogue concerning, iii. 97. n.
its good effects on the mind, 104.
its disadvantages, 106.
retirement of good men from public employments prejudicial to the
state, 141.
REVOLUTION of 1688, why justifiable, iii. 283.
settlement introduced by it, how to be rendered secure, 295.
RHETORICIAN, one who taught the art of _not speaking_, iv. 121.
RICHARD II. the wonder-working parliament in his reign rejected the
Roman civil law, iii. 367.
his declaration that his will was law, 374.
ROBERT THE NORMAN, his wife fought by his side in battle, iv. 317.
ROMAN EMPERORS, their policy in assuming the title of Pontifex
Maximus, iv. 47.
ROME, Court of, its authority rejected by Henry VIII. iv. 29.
ROMANCE, Spirit of, whence originating, iv. 239.
principal subjects, 241.
from what period its writers derive their ideas of chivalry, 259.
practice of mixing Pagan fable with it, 272.
Gothic superstitions introduced, 284.
decline of this species of writing, 333, 345, 348.
ROUSSEAU, his observation on the use of the marvellous in epic and
dramatic compositions, iv. 327. n.
ROYAL SOCIETY, much talked of, before it was instituted, iii. 143. n.
RYSWICK, treaty of, wherein defective, iv. 12.