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Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross, though the extract or tincture be ever so agreeable.

Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross, though the extract or tincture be ever so agreeable.

William Shenstone
Flattery, Kind, Applause
William Shenstone, Phillis Wheatley (1773). “The works, in verse and prose of William Shenstone, esq. ...”, p.218

Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications.

William Shenstone
Flattery, Imagine, Enough
William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.142

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