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Poets: twenty portraits of writers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Buildings and members of Pembroke College, Oxford. Lithograph by Beynon & Company.

Fame, with a laurel wreath, hovering among clouds: beneath her are four portraits of poets in ovals. Engraving by R. Slann, 1799, after R. Smirke.

"The poet and one hundred woodlice / transcribed and edited by Tracey Dee.

Select letters between the late Duchess of Somerset, Lady Luxborough, Miss Dolman, Mr. Whistler. Mr. R. Dodsley. 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. ...

Letters written by the late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone, Esq.

A woman school-teacher sitting on a chair with birches in her hand as a small boy stands in front of her and another child holding a book looks on. Engraving by W.H. Simmons after T. Webster.

Poems by William Shenstone, Esq. Containing elegies, odes, songs, levities, &c. &c.

The poetical works of William Shenstone, Esq. In two volumes. ...

The works in verse and prose of William Shenstone, Esq. In two volumes. ...

The poetical works of William Shenstone. With the life of the author. and a description of the Leasowes. Cooke's edition. Embellished with superb engravings.

The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Vol. III. containing letters to particular friends, from the year 1739 to 1763.

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Shenstone, William, 1714-1763

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Poems by William Shenstone, Esq. Containing elegies, odes, songs, levities, &c. &c.

The poetical works of William Shenstone, Esq. In two volumes. ...

The works in verse and prose of William Shenstone, Esq. In two volumes. ...

The poetical works of William Shenstone. With the life of the author. and a description of the Leasowes. Cooke's edition. Embellished with superb engravings.

The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Vol. III. containing letters to particular friends, from the year 1739 to 1763.