"Roxburgh" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... —James Roxburgh, the engineer appointed to accompany the sections of the steamer Bonne Nouvelle, has announced to the London Missionary Society his safe arrival at Liendwe upon the borders of Tanganyika, the place designed to launch the vessel. He met there Capt. Hore and Mr. Swan, who will immediately ...
— The American Missionary — Volume 38, No. 06, June, 1884 • Various
... took the oath of fidelity to Edward I. in 1296, upon which their property was restored to them. Their possessions were widely spread, and extended into several counties, as appears from letters addressed by Edward regarding them to the sheriffs in the counties of Fife, Berwick, Roxburgh, and Edinburgh."[327] ...
— Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys • Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
... engraved, and the text partly prepared for press, but the death of his librarian Dr. Solander in 1782 appears to have caused him to relinquish his purpose. Kaempfer's Icones Plantarum was published by him in 1791, and he also superintended the issue of Roxburgh's Coromandel Plants in 1795-1819. A statue of Sir Joseph by Sir Francis Chantrey is placed in the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, and a portrait of him by Sir Thomas Lawrence is hung in the board-room of the British ...
— English Book Collectors • William Younger Fletcher
... of cattle have been long kept by many gentlemen in the eastern districts of Bengal, and also in other parts of this province; but no detailed account of the animal and of its habits has been yet published in India. To remedy this deficiency, Dr. Roxburgh undertook, at my solicitation, to describe the Gayal, from those seen by him in a herd belonging to the Governor-General. Dr. Buchanan has also obligingly communicated his observations on the same cattle; with information obtained from several ...
— Delineations of the Ox Tribe • George Vasey
... talents, which are considerable, and his opportunities, which are great, to better account." Others, however, gave him encouragement. See, for instance, a review by J.H. Markland, who afterwards made his name as editor of the Roxburgh Club issue of the Chester Mysteries (whence, perhaps, Byron derived his knowledge of "Mysteries and Moralities"), which concludes thus: "Heartily hoping that the 'illness and depression of spirits,' which evidently pervade the greater part of these effusions, are entirely dispelled; confident ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron
... torpedoes British cruiser Roxburgh in the North Sea; the damage is not serious and the cruiser proceeds to port under her ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 • Various
... an' that be sae, we may look to winning back Roxburgh and Berwick!' returned the Douglas, his eye flashing. 'He's welcome to Lady Elleen! But that ane should look at her in presence of her sister! He maun be mair of a monk ...
— Two Penniless Princesses • Charlotte M. Yonge |
