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Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Unknown
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kill where a lance could not penetrate. The word quixotic is
used to his commemoration.



R[10]

[10] Ed. Note: The editor apologizes for the character of the
R's who have been famous.



RALEIGH, Walt., one of the men who was permitted to hold hands
with Queen Elizabeth. His other feats were the introduction of
the pipe into England and the plug into Ireland.

RAMESES II, an Egyptian king who went about building burial
mountains, statues to himself, and permitting cigarettes to be
named after him.

RAPHAEL, a decorator who took paint in its raw state and made
it worth money. Filled walls, principally in Italy, with some
expensive paintings, and, like Angelo, used the Vatican as his
studio. Ambition: Churches with larger walls. Recreation:
Painting, art, and canvas weaving. Address: All galleries.

RECAMIER, Madame, of Paris. Supplied the society column to the
newspapers. To be invited to her salon meant that you would
get plenty to eat, that you were somebody, that you would see
somebody, and that you would have to wear your Sunday clothes.
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