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Shenstone, William
(b. Hales Owen, Shropshire, November 18th, 1714; d. February 11th, 1763). “Poems upon Several Occasions” (1737); “The School-mistress” (1737 and 1742); “Essays on Men and Manners.” “Works” in 1764–69. “Recollections of some Particulars in his Life,” by William Seward, in 1788. See Gilfillan’s edition of “Poems,” with “Memoir” (1854).
