Melville Family
Melville is the name of noble Scots family, originally from Fife in eastern Scotland.
Read more about Melville Family: Origins and Early History, The House of Monimail, Melville Castle, The House of Leslie-Melville
Famous quotes containing the words melville and/or family:
“Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready to yield his mustache for a sponge.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“If it had not been for storytelling, the black family would not have survived. It was the responsibility of the Uncle Remus types to transfer philosophies, attitudes, values, and advice, by way of storytelling using creatures in the woods as symbols.”
—Jackie Torrence (b. 1944)