William Shenstone
William Shenstone was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.
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Background
- Born in
- Halesowen
- Educated at
- Pembroke CollegeSolihull School
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Trending topics shown first"There seem near as many people that want passion as want reason."
"Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice: whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born."
"A fool and his words are soon parted; a man of genius and his money."
"While we labour to subdue our passions, we should take care not to extinguish them. Subduing our passions, is disengaging ourselves from the world; to which however, Whilst we reside in it, we must al…"
"Complete text, with annotations, of Shenstone's Unconnected Thoughts on Gardening"
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1714
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Birth1763
Died
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