Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Willa Cather

My Antonia

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Topic

Winter Seasons

Author

Willa Cather

Source

My Antonia

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. My Antonia. Houghton Mifflin, 1918, bk. 2, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. My Ántonia. W. W. Norton & Co., 2015, bk. 2, ch. 7.

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The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

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O Pioneers!

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Nature of history History Nations

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Willa Cather
Source
O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Another quote from the 1910s

My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.

Ferdinand Foch

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Aggression Battle
Speaker
Ferdinand Foch
Language
French
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Foch, Ferdinand. Message sent during the first Battle of the Marne. 8 Sept. 1914.

Another quote about Seasons

But winter is coming.

Jon Snow

Game of Thrones

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Topic
Winter Seasons
Speaker
Jon Snow
Actor
Kit Harington
Source
Game of Thrones
Medium
TV program
Genre
Fantasy (TV) Drama (TV) Fantasy Drama
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
2015 2010s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"Kill the Boy." Game of Thrones, written by George R.R. Martin and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, directed by Jeremy Podeswa, season 5, episode 5, Television 360, 2015.

Another quote from 1918

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Towne v. Eisner

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Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Source
Towne v. Eisner
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1918 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Towne v. Eisner. United States Reports, vol. 245, 7 Jan. 1918, pp. 418-427. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/245/418/.