Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne.[417:1]

The Task. Book i. The Sofa. Line 77.

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,

Exhilarate the spirit, and restore

The tone of languid nature.

The Task. Book i. The Sofa. Line 181.

The earth was made so various, that the mind

Of desultory man, studious of change

And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.

The Task. Book i. The Sofa. Line 506.