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Shaftesbury [ˈʃɑːftsbərɪ -brɪ] n 1. (Biographies / Shaftesbury, 1st Earl of (1621-1683) M, English, POLITICS: statesman) 1st Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1621-83, English statesman, a major figure in the Whig opposition to Charles II 2. (Biographies / Shaftesbury, 7th Earl of (1801-1885) M, English, RELIGION: churchman, SOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer) 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At last, in 1681, the nation became afraid of another civil war, and the king was enabled to have Shaftesbury arrested on the charge of treason. Here in the guise of the old Bible story Dryden seeks to hold Lord Shaftesbury up to scorn because he tried to have a law passed which would prevent the King's brother James from succeeding to the throne, and which would instead place the Duke of Monmouth there. In a day in June, at the hour when London moves abroad in quest of lunch, a young man stood at the entrance of the Bandolero Restaurant looking earnestly up Shaftesbury Avenue--a large young man in excellent condition, with a pleasant, good-humoured, brown, clean-cut face. |
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