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However, I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance. Variety is the principal ingredient in beauty and simplicity is essential to grandeur.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
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Thinking
Beauty
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Plain
Space
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Grand
Whether
Distance
Proper
Eye
Picture
Near
Beautiful
However
Variety
Ingredient
Giving
Choose
Simplicity
Grandeur
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Ingredients
Think
Liberty
Essential
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