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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Scotland

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Talking shit

Language

English

Time

1772 1770s 19th century

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 14 Apr. 1772.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Scotland England

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Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Talking shit

Language

English

Time

1763 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 6 July 1763.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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

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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.

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

Robert Burns

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Topic

Scottish highlands Scotland Countries

Author

Robert Burns

Source

My Heart's in the Highlands

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. My Heart's in the Highlands. 1789.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "Farewell to the Highlands (My Heart's in the Highlands)." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

O Caledonia, stern and wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood.

Sir Walter Scott

The Lady of Minstrel

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Scotland

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

The Lady of Minstrel

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co./London: Longman, Hurst,
Rees, and Orme, 1805, canto 6, st. 2.

That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

Sydney Smith

On Scotland.

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Scotland

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Sydney Smith

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Smith, Sydney. Quoted in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, by Saba Holland. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, ch. 2.