Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1895 |
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Page 243
... Shaftesbury and Lord Russell in a manner not warranted by law , it is not impro- bable that he would have ended his life in exile . He took the sure course . He employed only his legal prerogatives , and he found them amply sufficient ...
... Shaftesbury and Lord Russell in a manner not warranted by law , it is not impro- bable that he would have ended his life in exile . He took the sure course . He employed only his legal prerogatives , and he found them amply sufficient ...
Page 267
... Shaftesbury defied the whole power of the government . In 1682 the sheriffs were Tories . Shaftesbury fled to Holland . The other chiefs of the party broke up their councils , and retired in haste to their country - seats . Sydney on ...
... Shaftesbury defied the whole power of the government . In 1682 the sheriffs were Tories . Shaftesbury fled to Holland . The other chiefs of the party broke up their councils , and retired in haste to their country - seats . Sydney on ...
Page 424
... Shaftesbury ; intellectually , he was above Russell . To say of a man that he occupied a high position in times of misgovernment , of corruption , of civil and religious faction , that nevertheless he contracted no great stain and bore ...
... Shaftesbury ; intellectually , he was above Russell . To say of a man that he occupied a high position in times of misgovernment , of corruption , of civil and religious faction , that nevertheless he contracted no great stain and bore ...
Page 471
... Shaftesbury , who was Chancellor , saw that the game was up , that he had got all that was to be got by siding with despotism and Popery , and that it was high time to think of being a demagogue and a good Protestant . The Lord ...
... Shaftesbury , who was Chancellor , saw that the game was up , that he had got all that was to be got by siding with despotism and Popery , and that it was high time to think of being a demagogue and a good Protestant . The Lord ...
Page 472
... Shaftesbury was ordered to deliver up the Great Seal , and instantly carried over his front of brass and his tongue of poison to the ranks of the Opposition . The remaining members of the Cabal had neither the capacity of the late ...
... Shaftesbury was ordered to deliver up the Great Seal , and instantly carried over his front of brass and his tongue of poison to the ranks of the Opposition . The remaining members of the Cabal had neither the capacity of the late ...
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