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" Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. "
The Genius and Character of Emerson: Lectures at the Concord School of ... - Page 27
by Concord School of Philosophy - 1885 - 447 pages
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The Autocrat of the breakfast table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 pages
...this was what I heard : — u Boston State- House is the hub of the solar sya •urn. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened oat for a crowbar." Sir, — said I, — I am gratified with your remark. It expresses...
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 pages
...— this was what I heard : — " Boston State- House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar." Sir, — said I, — I am gratified with your remark. It expresses...
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Treasury of Choice Quotations

Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...on Eicnnial Elections. OW HOLMES. "DOSTON State-House is the hub of the Solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. The Autocrat of the Breahfast Table, p. 143. MISCELLANEOUS. 'A CADMEAN...
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The autocrat of the breakfast table, with an intr. by G.A. Sala

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 pages
...he said — this is what I heard : " Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar." Sir— said I — I am gratified with your remark. It expresses with...
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Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston

Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 502 pages
...should find but little remaining. Dr. Holmes has said in his " Autocrat/' — " Boston State House is the hub of the solar system. You could n't pry...of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened for a crowbar." This expression thus applied only to the State House, but since modified...
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Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston

Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 520 pages
...Holmes has said in Ms " Autocrat," — " Boston State House is the hub of the solar system. You couldn't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened for a crowbar." This expression thus applied only to the State House, but since modified...
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Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston

Samuel Adams Drake - 1873 - 514 pages
...has said in his " Autocrat," — " Boston State House is the hub of the solar system. Von could u't pry that out of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened for a crowbar." This expression thus applied only to the State House, but since modified...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laugbs loudest of all l The Boys. Boston State-House is the hub of the Solar System. You could n't pry...of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. The Autocrat of the Breahfast-Table, p. 143. SARAH FLOWER ADAMS. --1848....
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Familiar Quotations ...

John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...knows him laughs loudest of all 1 The Boys. Holmes. — L incoln. — Parker. 591 Boston State-house is the hub of the Solar System. You could n't pry...of a Boston man if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar. TTu Autocrat of the Breakfast-table, p. 143. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 1809-1865....
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table: Every Man His Own Boswell

Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1875 - 444 pages
...ahead! — Well, — he said, — this is what I heard r — "Boston State-House is the hub of the solnr system. You could n't pry that out of a Boston man, if you had the tire of all creation straightened out for a crowbar." Sir, — said I, — I am gratified with your remark. It expresses...
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