John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6023 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1796-1865 John Bartlett
| 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] |