Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' lang syne?

Robert Burns

Auld Lang Syne

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Topic

Remembering the past

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Auld Lang Syne

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. Quoted in "Auld Lang Syne." Scots Musical Museum. Written by James Johnson. 1796, st. 1.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "Auld Lang Syne." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy.

Robert Burns

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Topic
Making plans Dashed hopes Fate The unexpected

Author

Robert Burns
Source
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With the Plough.
Medium
Poem
Language
Scots
Time
1785 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

Another quote from the 1790s

The church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears. It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty.

Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

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Topic
The Church

Author

Thomas Paine
Source
The Age of Reason
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Religious literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part I. London: Joel Barlow, 1794.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (1794)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.