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Immoderate assurance is perfect licentiousness.

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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Licentiousness
Immoderate
Assurance
Perfect

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