_Recte et suaviter._—Justly and mildly. _Rectus in curiâ._—Upright in the court; with clean hands. _Redolet lucernâ._—It smells of the lamp; it is a laboured production. _Reductio ad absurdum._—A reducing a position to an absurdity. _Regina._—Queen. _Regium donum._—A royal donation (a grant from the British crown to the Irish Presbyterian clergy.) _Regnant populi._—The people rule. _Rencontre._—An encounter. _Renaissance._—New birth: applied to the revival of the classic arts in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. _Requiescant in pace._—May they rest in peace. _Requiescat in pace._—May he rest in peace. _Rerum primordia._—The first elements of things. _Res angusta domi._—Narrow circumstances at home; poverty. _Res integra._—An entire matter. _Respice finem._—Look to the end. _Respublica._—The commonwealth. _Restaurateur._—A tavern-keeper who provides dinners, &c. _Résumé._—An abstract or summary. _Resurgam._—I shall rise again. _Revenons à nos moutons._—Let us return to our subject. _Rex._—King. _Rouge._—Red colouring for the skin. _Rouge et noir._—Red and black (a kind of game.) _Rus in urbe._—The country in town. _Ruse contre ruse._—Diamond cut diamond: trick for trick. _Ruse de guerre._—A stratagem of war. _Salle._—Hall. _Salus populi suprema lex est._—The welfare of the people is in the supreme law. _Salvo pudore._—Without offence to modesty. _Sanctum sanctorum._—Holy of Holies. _Sang-froid._—Coolness; self-possession. _Sans._—Without. _Sans cérémonie._—Without ceremony. _Sans peur et sans reproche._—Without fear and without reproach. _Sans souci._—Without care; free and easy. _Sans tâche._—Stainless. _Sans-culottes._—Without breeches: a term applied to the rabble of the French Revolution. _Sartor resartus._—The cobbler mended. _Satis, superque._—Enough, and more than enough. _Satis verborum._—Enough of words; you need say no more. _Sauve qui peut._—Save himself who can. _Savant._—A learned man. _Savoir-faire._—Ability; skill. _Scandalum magnatum._—Scandal of the great. _Scienter._—Knowingly. _Scilicet._—That is to say; to wit. _Scire facias._—Cause it to be known. _Scripsit._—Wrote it. _Sculpsit._—Engraved it: placed after the engraver’s name in prints. _Secundum artem._—According to rule. _Selon les règles._—According to rule. _Semper fidelis._—Always faithful. _Semper idem._—Always the same. _Semper paratus._—Always ready. _Senatûs consultum._—A decree of the senate. _Seriatim._—In order; successively. _Si quæris peninsulam amœnam, circumspice._—If thou seekest a beautiful peninsula, behold it here. _Sic in originali._—So it stands in the original. _Sic itur ad astra._—Such is the way to immortality.