Shaftesbury
[shafts-buh-ree, shahfts-]
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of,1621–83, English statesman.
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of,1671–1713, English moral philosopher (grandson of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury).
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of,1801–85, English philanthropist.
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If ridicule, as Shaftesbury says, be the test of truth, Joseph Hume stood the test well.
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But prisoner as Shaftesbury was, the struggle with him was not yet over.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)John Richard Green
The temper of the Commons was as bitter as Shaftesbury had hoped.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)John Richard Green
Shaftesbury met the king's defiance with as bold a defiance of his own.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)John Richard Green
The flight of Shaftesbury proclaimed the triumph of the king.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)John Richard Green
Shaftesbury
- 1st Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1621–83, English statesman, a major figure in the Whig opposition to Charles II
- 7th Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1801–85, English evangelical churchman and social reformer. He promoted measures to improve conditions in mines (1842), factories (1833; 1847; 1850), and schools
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