to receive his last breath
and sob in his ear--"I have loved you--you only--from the
first."--Bronson Howard, _The Banker's Daughter_, (1878).

=Rover=, a dissolute young spark, who set off vice "as naughty but yet
nice."--Mrs. Behn, _The Rover_ (1680).

William Mountford [1660-1692] had so much in him of the agreeable,
that when he played "The Rover," it was remarked by many, and
particularly by Queen Mary, that it was dangerous to see him
act--he made vice so alluring.--C. Dibdin, _History of the Stage_.

=Rovewell= (_Captain_), in love with Arethusa, daughter of Argus. The
lady's father wanted her to marry Squire Cuckoo, who had a large estate;
but Arethusa contrived to have her own way and marry Captain Rovewell,
who turned out to be the son of Ned Worthy, who gave the bridegroom
[pounds]30,000.--Carey, _Contrivances_ (1715).

=Rowe= (_Nicholas_), poet-laureate (1673, 1714-1718). The monument in
Westminster Abbey to this poet was by Rysbrack.

=Rowena= (_The lady_), of Hargettstanstede, a ward of Cedric the Saxon, of
Rotherwood. She marries Ivanhoe.--Sir W. Scott, _Ivanhoe_ (time, Richard
I.).

=Rowland= (_Childe_), youngest brother of Helen. Under the guidance of
Merlin, he undertook to bring back his sister from elf land, whither the
fairies had carried her, and he succeeded in his perilous exploit.--_An
Ancient Scotch Ballad._

=Rowland for an Oliver= (_A_), a tit for tat; getting as good as you gave.
Rowland (or Roland) and Oliver were two of Charlemagne's paladins, so
much alike in prowess and exploits that they might be described as
"fortemque Gyan, fortemque Cloanthum" (_AEneid_, i. 222).

Och! Mrs. Mustard-pot, have you found a Rowland for your Oliver at
last?--T. Knight, _The Honest Thieves_.

=Rowley=, one of the retainers of Julia Avenel (2 _syl._).--Sir W. Scott,
_The Monastery_ (time, Elizabeth).

_Rowley_ (_Master_), formerly steward of Mr. Surface, Sr., the friend of
Charles Surface, and the _fidus Ach[=a]t[^e]s_ of Sir Oliver Surface, the
rich uncle.--Sheridan, _School for Scandal_ (1777).

_Rowley_ (_Thomas_), the hypothetical priest of Bristol, said by
Chatterton to have lived in the reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV., and
to have written certain poems, of which Chatterton himself was the
author.

=Rowley Overdees=, a highwayman.--Sir W. Scott, _Guy Mannering_ (time,
George II.).

=Roxa'na=, daughter of Oxyart[^e]s of Bactria, and wife