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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Philadelphia |
| They say that the lady from Philadelphia who is staying in town is very wise. Suppose I go ask her what is best to be done. Lucretia P. Hale—Peterkin Papers. Ch. I. | 1 |
| Hail! Philadelphia, tho’ Quaker thou be, The birth-day of medical honors to thee In this country belongs; ’twas thou caught the flame, That crossing the ocean from Englishmen came And kindled the fires of Wisdom and Knowledge, Inspired the student, erected a college, First held a commencement with suitable state, In the year of our Lord, seventeen sixty-eight. Wm. Todd Helmuth—The Story of a City Doctor. | 2 |
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