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)

William Shenstone Quotes

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,...