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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3837 |
| AUTHOR: | John Gay (1685–1732) |
| QUOTATION: | Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation: Title and profit I resign; The post of honour shall be mine. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Fables. Part ii. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. See Addison, Quotation 14. [back] |
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