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Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
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Diseases
Consumption
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Poetry
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