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Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross, though the extract or tincture be ever so agreeable.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
Writer
Flattery
Gross
Tincture
Short
Extract
Swallowed
Though
Coarse
Nature
Agreeable
Ever
Verbal
Kind
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