In the highlands, in the country places,
Where the old plain men have rosy faces,
And the young fair maidens
Quiet eyes.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Scottish highlands Scotland

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Songs of Travel

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "In the Highlands, in the Country Places." Songs of Travel and Other Verses. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896.

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Another quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

We are all travellers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of this world....and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Friends Existential solitude Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Source
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1879 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Dover Publications, 2019.

Another quote from the 1890s

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Francis Pharcellus Church

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Topic
Santa Claus

Author

Francis Pharcellus Church
Source
New York Sun
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Church, Francis. "Is There a Santa Claus?" The New York Sun, 21 Sept. 1897.

Current Citation

Church, Francis. Quoted in The Christmas Chronicles, written by Jeff Guinn. Penguin, 2008.