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Search Results: "shaftesbury

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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of
A notable politician, prominent in the times of Cromwell and Charles II., born, of good parentage, in Dorsetshire; passed through Oxford and entered
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of (2)
Grandson of the preceding, philosopher, born in London; was an ardent student in his youth, made the grand tour, and entered Parliament in 1694, moving
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Seventh Earl of
Statesman and philanthropist, born in London; was a distinguished graduate of Oxford, and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1826, took office under
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Achit`ophel
name given by dryden to the earl of shaftesbury of his time.
Cooper, Anthony Ashley
see shaftesbury .
Dryden, John
A celebrated English poet, "glorious John," born in Northamptonshire, of a good family of Puritan principles; educated at Westminster School and Cambridge;
Locke, John
English philosopher, the father of modern materialism and empiricism, born in Wrington, Somerset; studied medicine, but did not practise it, and gave
Mandeville, Bernard de
A cynical writer, born at Dordrecht, Holland; bred to medicine; came to London to practise; wrote in racy English the "Fable of the Bees," intended to
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