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Fashion is a great restraint upon your persons of taste and fancy who would otherwise in the most trifling instances be able to distinguish themselves from the vulgar.

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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Vulgar
Great
Fancy
Would
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Taste
Trifling
Fashion
Instances
Upon
Distinguish
Persons
Restraint

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