Stewie & Brian Show Up in Anthony Trollope

Sort of! What I mean is that Anthony Trollope does the Family Guy How’s-that-novel-coming? bit in 1867’s The Last Chronicle of Barset (the relevant Stewie & Brian clip follows the excerpt below, but here’s the link just in case that’s easier.):

"You are just like some of those men who for years past have been going to write a book on some new subject. The intention has been sincere at first, and it never altogether dies away. But the would-be author, though he still talks of his work, knows that it will never be executed, and is very patient under the disappointment. All enthusiasm about the thing is gone, but he is still known as the man who is going to do it some day. You are the man who means to marry Miss Dale in five, ten, or twenty years' time."