6023. Thomas Chandler Haliburton. 1796-1865. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


NUMBER:	6023
AUTHOR:	Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865)
QUOTATION:	I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Sheil, Russell, Macaulay, Old Joe, and soon. They are all upper-crust here. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Sam Slick in England. 2 Chap. xxiv.

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]

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