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Solid men of Boston, banish long potations!
Solid men of Boston, make no long orations!

— Charles Morris

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Pitt and Dundas's Return to London from Wimbledon, "American Song", from Lyra Urbanica. Compare: "Solid men of Boston, make no long orations! Solid men of Boston, banish strong potations!", "Billy Pitt and the Farmer", from Debrett’s Asylum for Fugitive Pieces, vol. ii. p. 250.

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