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Samuel Johnson2 quotes
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. — Samuel Johnson · 1772The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England! — Samuel Johnson · 1763Robert Burns1 quote
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 · 1789Robert Louis Stevenson1 quote
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 · 1894Sir Walter Scott1 quote
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 · 1805Sydney Smith1 quote
That knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur. — Sydney Smith · 1845