Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rienzi

(Nicolò Gabrini). The Reformer at Rome (1313-1354). Bulwer Lytton (Lord Lytton) has a novel called Rienzi, and Wagner an opera.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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