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Health is beauty, and the most perfect health is the most perfect beauty.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
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Misers, as death approaches, are heaping up a chest of reasons to stand in more awe of him.
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A court of heraldry sprung up to supply the place of crusade exploits, to grant imaginary shields and trophies to families that never wore real armor, and it is but of late that it has been discovered to have no real jurisdiction.
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So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
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