1st Earl of Clare

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“In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“I long for scenes where man has never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with my Creator God And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept, Untroubling and untroubled where I lie The grass below, above, the vaulted sky.”
—John Clare (1793–1864)