Note 102 — Chapter VI · FIRST GLIMPSE OF FRANCE, 1783-1785
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‘Turnip Townshend,’ ancestor of the Lord Townshend here named, was celebrated in the famous lines—
‘Why of two brothers, rich and restless, one
Ploughs, burns, manures, and toils from sun to sun;
The other slights for women, sports, and wines,
All Townshend’s turnips and all Grosvenor’s mines.’
Pope’s 6th translation of Horace.