John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4619 Charles Morris 1739-1832 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4619 |
| AUTHOR: | Charles Morris (1739–1832) |
| QUOTATION: | Solid men of Boston, banish long potations! Solid men of Boston, make no long orations! 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Pitt and Dundas’s Return to London from Wimbledon. American Song. From Lyra Urbanica. |
| Note 1. Solid men of Boston, make no long orations! Solid men of Boston, banish strong potations! Billy Pitt and the Farmer. From Debrett’s Asylum for Fugitive Pieces, vol. ii. p. 250. [back] |