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Fools are very often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods are the most closely glued together.

William Shenstone

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William Shenstone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1714
Born: November 18
Died: 1763
Died: February 11
Gardener
Horticulturist
Poet
Writer
Woods
Intimacies
Kinds
Strictest
Fool
Glued
United
Lighters
Often
Lighter
Together
Closely
Kind
Fools
Intimacy

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