The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: Essays on men, manners, and things. A description of The Leasowes, the seat of the late William Shenstone, Esq. Verses to Mr. ShenstoneR. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall., 1764 - 345 |
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