Shenstone, William

ID 4580
Last Name Shenstone
First Name William
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Gender Male
Date of Birth 1714-11-18
Date of Death 1763-02-11
Place of Birth Halesowen
Place of Death Halesowen
VIAF URI https://viaf.org/viaf/41890027/
Wikipedia Entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shenstone
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Image URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shenstone#/media/File:William_Shenstone_by_Edward_Alcock.jpg
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Author Select letters between the late Duchess of Somerset, Lady Luxborough, Mr. Whistler, Miss Dolman, Mr. R. Dodsley, to William Shenstone, Esq. and others; including a sketch of the manners, laws, &c. of the Republic of Venice, and some poetical pieces; the whole now first published from original copies by Mr. Hull. In two volumes. 1778
Author English Minstrelsy. Being a selection of fugitive poetry from the best English authors; with some original pieces hitherto unpublished. In two volumes. 1810
Author Elegant Epistles: Being a copious collection of familiar and amusing letters, selected for the improvement of young persons, and for general entertainment, from Cicero, Pliny, Sydney, Bacon, Raleigh, Howel, Russell, Clarendon, Temple, Locke, Shaftesbury, Pope, Swift, Addison, Steele, Arbuthnot, Gay, Atterbury, Tillotson, Herring, Rundle, Secker, Watts, Shenstone, Somerset, Gray, Luxborough, West, Sterne, Chatham, Johnson, Lyttleton, Hoadly, Chesterfield, Gibbon, Cowper, Beattie, Jones, Richardson, Young, Lady M. W. Montague, Eliz. Montagu, Seward, Warburton, Hurd, Fox, and others. A new edition, improved and enlarged. 1814

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