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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3959 Henry Fielding 1707-1754 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3959
AUTHOR:Henry Fielding (1707–1754)
QUOTATION:Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.
ATTRIBUTION:Tom Thumb the Great. Act i. Sc. 2.
WORKS:Henry Fielding Collection.