He was only thirty-seven years old when he died; an age when he had not reached the climax of his powers, or the complete development of his character and views. It is an interesting circumstance that after his death an inhabitant of Brighton who had stood aloof from his teaching during his lifetime, read his sermons and was so struck with the beauty of his teaching that in gratitude he placed a marble bust of the great preacher in the Pavilion. _London Society._ For six years he continued to preach sermons, the like of which, for blending of delicacy and strength of thought, poetic beauty and homely lucidity of speech, had perhaps never been heard before in England. Robertson was unhappily (for his comfort) not very "orthodox;" consequently he was long misunderstood, and vilified by the "professedly religious portion of society;" but so true, so beautiful was his daily life and conversation that he almost outlived those pious calumnies, and his death (from consumption) threw the whole town in mourning.--_Chambers' Encyclopaedia._ ROB ROY (whose original name was Macgregor, was a friend and follower of the "Pretender" in the Rebellion of 1715. He is the hero of one of Scott's novels), about 1660-1743. Tradition relates that Rob Roy was visited on his death-bed by a person with whom he was at enmity, and that as soon as the visitor, whom he treated with a cold, haughty civility during their short conference, had departed, the dying man said, "Now all is over--let the piper play '_Ha til mi tulidh_' (we return no more)"--and he is said to have expired before the dirge was finished.--_Francis Jacox._ ROYER-COLLARD (Pierre Paul, French philosopher and statesman), 1763-1845. "_There is nothing solid and substantial in the world but religious ideas._" ROGERS (John, Vicar of St. Pulchers, and reader of St. Paul's in London. He was burnt at the stake),--1555. "_Lord, receive my spirit._" ROLAND (Marie Jeanne Philipon, Madame. "The Spirit of the Girondin Party"), 1754-1793. "_Go first; I can at least spare you the pain of seeing my blood flow._" When she arrived in front of the Statue of Liberty, she bent her head to it, exclaiming, "Oh Liberty, how many crimes are committed in thy name!" At the foot of the scaffold she said to her companion, an old and timid man, whom she had been encouraging on the way, "Go first; I can at least spare you the pain of seeing my blood flow." ROMAINE (William, English theologian, for thirty years rector of Blackfriars), 1714-1795. "_Holy, holy, holy, blessed Lord Jesus! to Thee be endless praise!_" ROSA (Salvator, Italian painter), 1615-1673. "_To judge by what I now endure, the hand of death grasps me sharply._" Last recorded words. ROSSETTI (Dante Gabriel, English painter and poet, leader in the Pre-Raphaelite movement), 1828-1882. "_I think I shall die to-night._" These are his last recorded words.