V. R.

The soldier pointed to the coping of the wall, where the figure of a crown was cut in the stone, and the letters "V. R." by the side of it.

Rollo in Scotland Jacob Abbott 1841

Oriental character and the way of influencing Oriental modes of thinking better than his detractors when he added et Imperatrix to the much loved V. R.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

I have always held, too, that pistol practice should be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his queer humors, would sit in an arm-chair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

I have always held, too, that pistol practice should be distinctly an open-air pastime; and when Holmes, in one of his queer humors, would sit in an arm-chair with his hair-trigger and a hundred Boxer cartridges, and proceed to adorn the opposite wall with a patriotic V. R.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

We have a full description of the Council-room and retiring-room, with their draperies of crimson and gold, including the toilet-table, covered with white satin, and embroidered with the initials V. R., a crown and wreath in gold, at which the maiden

Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Sarah Tytler 1870

So the bell was rung, and the servants were sent after it, but without success; and at last the Queen went herself, and while she was gone, Prince Albert said to me, 'She begs you will accept this present as a remembrance,' and gave me a little case with a beautiful ring, on which is engraved 'V. R., 1842.'

Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Sarah Tytler 1870

[1 "Le P. Masse, que je nomme quelquefois en riant le P.re Utile, est bien cognu de V. R.

The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century Francis Parkman 1858