John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1796-1865 John Bartlett
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| I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Sheil, Russell, Macaulay, Old Joe, and soon. They are all upper-crust here. 1 |
| Sam Slick in England. 2 Chap. xxiv. |
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| Circumstances alter cases. |
| The old Judge. Chap. xv. |
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| We reckon hours and minutes to be dollars and cents. 3 |
| The Clockmaker. |
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| We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur’ to surrender it voluntarily. |
| The Clockmaker. |
| Note 1. Those families, you know, are our upper-crust,—not upper ten thousand.—Cooper: The Ways of the Hour, chap. vi. (1850). At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.—N. P. Willis: Necessity for a Promenade Drive. [back] |
| Note 2. “Sam Slick” first appeared in a weekly paper of Nova Scotia, 1835. [back] |
| Note 3. See Franklin, page 361: Time is money. [back] |