Pope.—Essay on Man, Epi. I. Line 294.
Rest satisfied, that whatever is by the appointment of Heaven is right, is best.
Hervey.—Meditations in a Flower Garden.
[If Mr. Pope understands the maxim according to the limitation suggested above, he speaks an undeniable and glorious truth. But if that great poet includes whatever comes to pass through the wild and extravagant passions of men, surely no thinking person, at least no Christian, can accede to his opinion. —Note by Mr. Hervey.]
RING.—Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding-ring!
Colley Cibber.—The Double Gallant, Act I. last line.
RIPEST.—The ripest fruit first falls.
Shakespeare.—King Richard II. Act II. Scene 1. (The King on hearing of Gaunt’s death.)
RIVER.— She was his life,
The ocean to the river of his thoughts,
Which terminated all.
Byron.—The Dream, Line 56.
The river of his thoughts.
Longfellow—The Spanish Student, Act. II. Scene 3. [The idea is from Dante: God was the leading idea in his mind. On Him his thoughts were continually fixed. His love, His glory, were ever present to his mind.—Wright’s Transl.]
RIVETS.—With busy hammers, closing rivets up,
Give dreadful note of preparation.
Shakespeare.—King Henry V. Chorus to Act IV.