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RIlO

r.~oiry

• colleaioo of verft!, efpeei.lIy Ihofe of Ha·

m er. wllich ht\vlng be: o a loog

lime

difpc:rfcd in picces

..ntl frdgmE-nts, w"re al Jenglh.

Pilillratus',

arder,

di"dlcd inlo book,

c,lIed

rh.pfodies. H "llec, .mong

moderns, Ih'plody is

.110

ufed for ao .

lfembl.ge

p. f.

{ages. thoughu, and authoruics,

rakco

logether (rom

dl~

.ver! :iutllors,

t O

compare

(ame new piece.

~HEJ

R&~,

a ¡'Ide

dland

th~

hay

Bircay,

oca:,

!he eoaft of Auni. in fr.nee: \V . long.

1030' ,

la!.

46° 14'.

RH E IMS, Or RE I

M S, •

cily offraoce, capi..

of the pro·

"'.nce of Champitio, one of

lhe

mofi cJegtlnt c\tics in

F¡;~ncc.

tituated feventy ·five miles

nonh-ealt

P,UIS:

E .

long. 4°, N ,

1 .. .

49°

,o'

RHETERIANS, • fed of herelics in Egyp!, fa denomin•.

ted {rom R hetorius tbeir leader. The

dattinguinling

doc·

trine of this hertliarch. as reprefcmcd

P ruldltrius,

was, that he approved of all Ihe herefie.s befare him aDd

taug,ht Ihd.t they were alJ io

[he

right.

RHE fORJC, ,he

Irt

of fpe.kiog coplouOy on any fubjed,

wi,h

,11

the ,dv.ntase of beau!y and force .

Lord Bacon defines rhe!oric, very philofophic, lIy, !O

be ,he '" of .pplYlog . nd addrelJing !he diélates of rea'

fon [o the (ancy, and o( rccommendlng them lherc

alfeét Ihe wiJl .nd defir... The end of rhetoric, the

(ame author obferves,

fill

the imAginacioo Wlth ideas

and imitges wAich

may

affia na ture without oppreffing

it.

Vollies define. rhetor;c, The facuhy of difcovering wh.!

<lvery rubjed alford. of ufe for perru.fion . Hence, a.

every éUlhor

mufl

invent "rgumeots tO

ruake

hls tubjeél

prevall; difpofc thofe arguments, thus fouAd out, in their

proper places; and give them

the

embdld'hments of Jan·

guage proper to Ihe fubjed; 'Dd, If Ih;. difeourfe be in·

tended to be de.livered in public, utler thero

WHh

that

deceney and force which may Ilrlkt lbe heíirer

rhetoric

becomes divide:d inlo four pans, ¡nveDtian, difpofitioo,

clocution, and pronunciation.

RhtlOric and oratOry diff·:-r from eaeh other as

the

the'

ory frum lhe próléhce; lhe rhetorician being he \Vbo de'

{Cribes [he rules of doquence. and the oralor he who

u·

fes lhem tO advam:tge. Qrdinartly however

Ihe

[ \1'0

are ufed indiffercntly for e¡¡eh other. See

COM PO

TIO N

RHEUM, • Ihin ferou. humour, occ,fion,Jly oozing OUt

of lhe glands about the mouth and throal.

RHE UM in botany. Se< BOTANV p. 642,

RHEUMATISM, in Oled,clne. See MEDICIN E, p. 124 .

RH EXIA:.

in botany, a geOlls of che Clft.,¡ndri¿ monogynia

eI.f.. T he ealix confills of four r. gments, and Ihe co·

rolla of four petals mferted ioto the c.dix: the antherre

are dC'clincd; and the capruJo: has four ('e1ls. Thcrt! are

thr.- e fpcciC's. none of them

native~

of Brinin.

ll.HI

NANTHUS, in bo..ny, • genus of !he dldynami. an·

gi()fp~rml"

d 4fs . T he calix is

fwell~d ,

and h;¡s foui"feg.

nl' nl5

Ihe citprule is obtufe. comprdl'ed . and bilocular .

"'1

re. Are

fix

Ipe¡;ies. only one of

WhlCh,

viz .

lhe crifla_

g:¡lIi. yelJow raule or cock 's combo

a native of

Rrilain.

RflI J\'E. a

~reat

raver

, ifin~

in lhe country of lhe Grifons,

in S witzC'd .. nd, aod, runniog nonh, comiones iu courfe

till It forms

¡he

lake of C onUdnce : fr om whence it turns

:tnd hílVing vdiled Bafil, runs nOrlh. dividing Sua–

~ia

fr(.lm A tf,H la

from thence it rllns through rhC' P dl.l–

t IO-':e a"d rc:ceiving lhe Ncckar

Ihe

!\hine,

and Ihe M o

. 111.

N·.

fdl c. eontinues its courf\! no:-th by

l'.re.ntt.

ce.

Afu:r

entcring rhe

!.herlaoJs .u Sker,k:nchans, it is di\'idcd

ioto fcyen,1

chann~ls,

the

( \"10

Jólrtdl whereof obr¡¡in lhe

names of the Lech ancLihe

aaJ.

which running

throu~h

lhc United Pro\'iuces difchargc cheu;fclves

iotu lhe

C; I!( ..

mao

(ea

beJow Rouerdam .

RHIN'E

/01JJer circlf

coo(ins of the PaLuir.ate of

Ihe

r:..

hi:1:

and the three eceldi.dlical c1t [lorates,

viz .

thore of

Co–

logo, Ivrentz, and Triers.

RHINE

utpu circlf

coofi(h.-d of

th ~

Lilndgr:\\'cs of Alratía

anu R eir., comprehendins Ihe \Vetter.w: bu! only B elfo

can be accounted a pan of Cermany al preCene, Feaoc:

having uniled Alr"ce tO lhar kirlgdom.

RHINEBURG , a tOwn of

GHm.ny,

in !Ioe cirde of !he

Jower Rhine and ele{l:

oríl.lc

of Cologn, fituatcd 6fteen

milro eal! of Gdder.

RHINEFIELD , ,be name of !WO tou'ns of Cermany, one

whercof

fituated io the cirele of SuO\bia, on

t.he

Rlllnc,

cight miles eaH of 13afil ¡,he other is the C¡;¡piUll of che

coun,)' of

~hine6e1d,

Gtudted in the clrelo! of

t!lC

pper

RhlOe, filtreco miles north-wdl of M entz.

RHINOCEROS, in zoology • gen.. o( <¡u,drupeds be.

JonglOg tO Ihe order of belluz, of which therc

but one

fpec,es,

tliz.

the unicornis, a native of Africa and India.

has

lWO

fore-teeth in each jaw. (iulate at·a great di ..

fiance from each other, and bluot, and

::1.

{olid conicll

horn upon lhe oofe . This, of.1I qu.drup, ds, appro.ches

nearell to Ihe eleph,n! in '¡¡ze, !be body being ne,rly

bulky, bu! the legs mueh (borter,

futl·gro wn rh,no·

ceros is fuurteeo feet high : and lhe legs are fo <ho!'t with

allthis height, that the belly comes oear tne groul1d: the

head

very Juge and oblong, of

<lO

irregul:lr figure,

broad at tOP, ano depreffed towards the fnout : lile earl

Tefemble thofe of • hog: !he eyes are vary fno. n, ,oll

filuated at a fmaU di(hnce from the txoremilY of !he

foout -:

the

upper part of the (ntlut, near lhe CXlre–

mity, fiaods the horo, growing

about t\Yo feet Cind a

half in lenglh, ben, a liule baek, of a black colour, and

..,(Uy firm .pd hard: !he O,in is remarkably lhiek anJ

hard, fo (hu the

r.re:

:nurc could not turn its body

any

direétion bUl for the joints and folds in ic: the

uil

010rt,

and furni(hed wich fome long

an<3

extremely thic},:

black hairs. T he rhinoceros fef.'ds npon th.)rns

aoc\

brofhwood; likt: lhe fow, he wallows in lhe mire. H e

gentle and inoffeofive, e.'(cept when he is injured , BUl,

whc:n irritated. he even ovenurns I.Hge trees in his fury.

RHINOCE-ROS

BIRO .

S!e

BUCEROS ,

RHIZOPHORO, in botany, a genus of Ihe

doclec,o~ria

monogyOla clafs. Doth ca lix ",nd coroll,1 confin of fO'Jr

regments; and thcre is bUl one long feed,

OI .

.'lh}, .t

dl ~

bAte. T he fpecies are fcven, Done of

lhelO

l ivl'S

Britain.

RHODES, Ihe eapit.1 of an iOann of Ih.. nan;e. fi''''«'\

in the M editerrancao fea, in

long.

280l..

and belwet'1l

36°

, nd

37°

lat .

RHODIOLA, in botany, • senus of ,he di... : i. cno<an·

dril elars. The calix of the m..le con(i(l!;

four fc:.!–

ments, and the corolla of four petals; lhe c"hx o( rhe

fc:mitle has four fegments ; it has no corolla.

bu~

four

ncllaria. and four piílils; aod

has fOllr c"'prules, con–

taining: m~ny

feeds. Therc is but (\nc fpecies,

01.:= .

tl.t

lOfta, or rofe.wort .

::1.

naci"c of Britain,

RHODODEN DRU~1,

in bOtloy, a genu, o: Ih : llera':-

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