For a few months in 1847 he had charge of the parish church of St. Ebbe's, one of the poorest in Oxford, and his sermons were beginning to attract much attention, when he removed to Brighton, in the same year.
The lodgings of Robertson are still remembered at Brazenose! They were distinguished as "Staircase No. One. Room No. Five." The little window of the little sleeping-apartment looked out on to Lincoln; and, by standing on the bed, or on a chair, its occupant could have had a glimpse of the House of the Rector of Lincoln, and of a corner of his bright, green garden. These chambers were left intact until the summer of 1899, when a wall was removed, and the rooms were made a part of the Senior Common Room, at the west end.
After Walter Pater was graduated from Queen's he lodged on High Street, read with private pupils, lost, in a measure, his constitutional shyness, and moved more freely among the men of his own world.
In 1865 he became a fellow of Brazenose, and took his sisters to live with him, in a house which he hired, at No. 2 Bradmore Road, a short street of private residences, running from Norham Gardens to Norham Road. Here he remained until 1886, leading a quiet but uneventful existence, associating himself chiefly with the little band of
