William Shenstone Quote

There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening, and you will find no court in Christendom so ceremonious as the quality of Brentford.


The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: In Two Volumes, with Decorations (ed. 1765)


There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening,...

There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening,...

There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening,...

There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening,...