Crossword-Solution: RANBY 5 letters, 27 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Ranby(680) did not dare to propose that a hero should be tied, but was frightened out of his senses when the hero would hold the candle himself, which none of his generals could bear to do: in the middle of the operation, the Duke said, "Hold!" Ranby said, "For God's sake, Sir, let me proceed now--it will be worse to renew it." The Duke repeated, "I say hold!" and then calmly bade them give Ranby a clean waistcoat and cap; for, said he, the poor man has sweated through these.

Ranby was also the friend of Hogarth, who etched his house at Chiswick.] (to whom complimentary reference had been made in the Man of the Hill's story in _Tom Jones_), with other able physicians, advised him "to go immediately to Bath." He accordingly engaged lodgings, and prepared to leave town forthwith.

Early in August the distinguished Court surgeon John Ranby had persuaded him to go immediately to Bath.

Then to Bessie he said, "Do you know enough of horses not to count rashness courage, Elizabeth?" "I am ready to take your word or Ranby's for what is venturesome," was Bessie's moderate reply.

Bessie rode a little way with her grandfather, and would have ridden farther, but he sent her back with Ranby.