Look back, and smile at perils past!

Sir Walter Scott

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Topic

Looking back The past

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

The Bridal of Triermain

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir [published anonymously]. "The Bridal of Triermain, or The Vale of St John." The Bridal of Triermain, Harold the Dauntless, Field of Waterloo, and Other Poems. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co./London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1813.

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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

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Topic
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Source
Requiem for a Nun
Medium
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Language
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Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Random House, 1951.

Current Citation

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