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Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
Writer
Break
Nets
Alone
Sized
Law
Creep
Found
Creeps
Littles
Texture
Little
Generally
Great
Laws
Middle
Entangled

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