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ROPSCH, or Ropscha, a castle in the district adjacent 
to St. Petersburgh, in which the unfortunate Peter III. was 
put to death in 1762. 
ROPSLEY, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 6 miles 
west-by-north of Folkingham. 
RO'PY, adj. Viscous; tenacious; glutinous; “as, ale 
or other licoure.” Prompt. Parv. 
Ask for what price thy venal tongue was sold ; 
Tough, wither’d truffles, ropy wine, a dish 
Of shotten herrings, or stale stinking fish. Dry den. 
Take care 
Thy muddy beverage to serene, and drive 
Precipitant the baser ropy lees. Philips. 
ROQUE (John de la), a writer of voyages and travels, 
was the son of a merchant of Marseilles. He studied in his 
native city, and afterwards travelled into the East, in what 
capacity is not known. In 1689, he visited Syria, Mount 
Lebanon, and some other countries. He appears to have 
been resident in Paris, in 1715; and when his brother 
Antony had, in 1722, obtained the privilege of writing and 
publishing the Mercure de France, he was associated in the 
work. He died in 1745, in his 84th year. The publications 
of this writer were “Voyage de l’Arabie Heureuse par 
l’Ocean oriental et le detroit de la Mer Rouge fait par les 
Francois, &c.,avec UnMemoireconcernantl’Abredu Caffee,” 
12mol, 1716; “Voyage de la Palestine fait par l’Ordre de 
Louis XIV.,” 12mo., 1717; to this is annexed a translation 
of Abulfeda’s description of Arabia; “ Voyage de Syrie et 
du Mont Liban, &c. avec un Abrege de la Vie de M. M. de 
Chastenil,” 2 vols. 12mo., 1722. He had long promised a 
“ Voyage Litteraire de Normandie,” but did not live to 
publish it. He was an associate of the Royal Academy of 
Belles Lettres at Marseilles. Moreri. 
ROQUE, a very prominent point of the coast of Brazil, in 
the province of Rio Grande. Lat 5. 3. S. long. 35. 45. W. 
ROQUE, La, a small town in the south of France, de¬ 
partment of the Gard, to the north of that city. Population 
1000. 
ROQUE, St. a small town in the south of Spain, in Anda¬ 
lusia, situated on an eminence about a mile north of the rock 
of Gibraltar. It was built by part of the Spanish inhabitants 
of Gibraltar who quitted it when it was taken by Sir George 
Rooke. It was defended by a fort on each side; and a strong 
line of military works across the isthmus, was erected here to 
mask Gibraltar, after the failure of the great siege in 1779. 
These lines were demolished by the garrison of Gibraltar 
when the advance of the French in Andalusia afforded a 
grouud for that step, without exciting the jealousy of the 
Spaniards. 
ROQUE, San, a small town in the north-east of Spain, in 
Biscay; 16 miles south-south-east of Santander. 
ROQUE, San, a parish of the province of Buenos Ayres, 
situated near the Lake Iberi. Lat. 28. 33. S. long. 58. 37. W. 
ROQUE D’ANTHERON, a small town in the south of 
■ France, departments of the Mouths of the Rhone. Population 
1300; 15 miles north-west of Aix. 
ROQUEBROU, a small town in the south of France, de¬ 
partment of the Cantal, on the small river Cev. It has 1300 
inhabitants, and some manufactures of leather; 14 miles 
west of Aurillac, and 22 south-west of Mauriac. 
ROQUEBRUNE, a small town in the south-east of France, 
department of the Var, near the river Argens. The environs 
contain quarries.of porphyry. It gives name to a neigh¬ 
bouring mountain of nearly 2000 feet in height. Population 
1700 ; 12 miles south-by-east of Draguignan. 
ROQUEBRUSANNE, a small town in the south-east of 
France, department of the Var. Population 1500; 16 miles 
north of Toulon. 
ROQUECORT, a small town in the south-west of France, 
department of the Lot and Garonne, near the river Senne. 
Population 1500 ; 20 miles north-east of Agen. 
ROQUECOURBE, a small town in the south of France, 
department of the Tarn, on the river Agout, with 1500 inha- 
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bitants, employed for the most part in manufactutes of wooL- 
lens, stockings, and caps; 6 miles north-north-east of 
Castres. 
ROQUEFEUIL, a small town in the north-east of France, 
department of the Aube. Population 900; 22 miles south¬ 
west of Limoux. 
ROQUEFORT, a petty town in the south of France, de¬ 
partment of the Aveyron.' It contains only 300 inhabitants, 
but is the depot of the cheese made in the surrounding dis¬ 
trict, and well known in France under the name oifromage 
de Roquefort. It is made of the milk of goats and sheep. 
ROQUEFORT, a small town in the south-west of France, 
department of the Landes, situated on the Douze, and con¬ 
taining about 1400 inhabitants, employed chiefly in the 
rearing of sheep, and the care of bees. The wax and wool 
of this place are both in repute; 14 miles north-east of Mont 
de Marson. 
ROQUELAURE, a small town in the south of France, 
department of the Gers. Population 1800; 6 miles north 
of Auch. 
RO'QUELAURE, s. [Fr.] A cloak for men. “ The 
French tailors, he [Dr. Harris, Bp. of Landaff - ,] observed, 
invent new modes of dress, and dedicate them to great men, 
as authors do books; as was the case with the roquelaure 
cloak, which then [about the year 1715] displaced the sur- 
tout; and was called the roquelaure from being dedicated 
to the duke of Roquelaure, whose title was spread, by this 
means, throughout France and Britain.” Noble, Con- 
tinuat. of Granger, iii. 490. 
ROQUEMAURE, a small town in the south-east of 
France, department of the Gard, situated on a steep rock 
near the Rhona, with a castle and 3200 inhabitants, partly 
occupied in the manufacture of silk; 9 miles north of 
Avignon. 
ROQUEPIC, an island in the Eastern seas, covered with 
cocoa and other trees, flowers, and odoriferous plants. Lat. 9. 
56. N. long. 65. 14. E. 
ROQUES (Peter), a learned French Protestant divine in 
the 18th century, was born at Caune, a small town in Upper 
Languedoc, in the year 1685. Having been educated to the 
ministry, at the age of 25 he was chosen pastor of the French 
Protestant church at Basil, in connection with which he 
spent his life, diligently and faithfully discharging the duties 
of his pastoral office,' greatly admired as a preacher, univer¬ 
sally respected for his learning, probity, and piety, and be¬ 
loved for the frankness, generosity, and benevolence of his 
disposition, as well as for his pleasing, amiable manners. 
He died in 1748, when about 63 years of age. He was the 
author, or editor, of numerous works, which bear honourable 
testimony to his extensive learning, his sound judgment, and 
his laborious industry. They consist of “ A Picture of the 
behaviour of a Christian;” “The Evangelical Pastor,” ill 
4to., a work greatly esteemed in the author’s communion, 
and translated into several languages; “ Elements of the 
Historical, Dogmatic, and Moral Truths, contained in the 
Sacred Scriptures; “Genuine Pietism;” “The Duties of 
Subjects;” “ A Treatise on Judicial Tribunals;” “ Sermons 
an enlarged edition of “Moreri’s Dictionary,” Basil, 1731, 
in 6 vols. folio: the first continuation of M. Saurin's“ Dis¬ 
courses on the Old and New Testament,” in folio; a new 
edition of M. Martin’s edition of “ The Holy Bible," with 
prefaces, corrections, notes, and parallel passages, in 2 vols. 
4to.; an enlarged edition of M. Basnage’s “ Dissertation on 
Duelling, and Orders of Chivalry;” various theological and 
critical \“ Dissertations;” controversial treatises; and nume¬ 
rous papers inserted in the “ Journal Helvetique,” and the 
“ Bibliotheque Germanique.” Nouv. Diet. Hist. Diet. 
Hist, et Bibl. portatif par M. V Abbe Ladvocat. 
ROQUET, the name of a species of American lizard, of 
small size, and of a reddish brown colour, variegated with 
black and yellow spots. Its fore-legs are remarkably long 
for a creature of this kind; its eyes are particularly vivid 
and sparkling, and its head is carried continually erect; and 
the creature is almost always in motion, hopping about like 
a bird, and it usually carries its tail bent into a semicircle 
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