Quote#Wisdom
Oh, the roast beef of England
Quote byHenry Fielding · 1707–1754
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Grub Street Opera (1731), Act iii, scene 2; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
English (original)
Oh, the roast beef of England, And old England's roast beef!
— Henry Fielding
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