The untented Kosmos my abode,
I pass, a willful stranger;
My mistress still the open road
And the bright eyes of danger.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Adventure The open road

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Youth and Love." Songs of Travel. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896, st. 3.

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Another quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Be it granted me to behold you again in dying,
Hills of home!

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Home

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1893 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Letter to S.R. Crockett. 15 Aug. 1893.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, edited by Ernest Mehew. Yale University Press, 2001, ch. 15.

Another quote from the 1890s

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Mark Twain

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Topic
Fake news

Author

Mark Twain
Medium
Note
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Note to Frank Marshall White. 31 May 1897.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews, edited by Gary Scharnhorst. University Alabama Press, 2006, ch. 6.