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William Shenstone Quotes

1714–1763 England

William Shenstone (18 November 1714 – 11 February 1763) was an English poet, essayist and one of the earliest practitoners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.

England
Essayists
Poets

Also known as: Shenstone, William

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[...] for whatever the world might esteem in poor Somervile, I really find, upon critical enquiry, that I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money.

letter (1741)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shenstone (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.