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... Shaftesbury knew the King , the Council , the Parliament , the City , better than Halifax ; but Halifax would have written a far better treatise on political science than Shaftesbury . Shaftesbury shone more in consultation , and ...
... Shaftesbury knew the King , the Council , the Parliament , the City , better than Halifax ; but Halifax would have written a far better treatise on political science than Shaftesbury . Shaftesbury shone more in consultation , and ...
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... Shaftesbury was the man for a prompt decision . Of the parliamentary eloquence of these celebrated rivals , we can judge only by report ; and , so judging , we should be inclined to think that , though Shaftesbury was a distinguished ...
... Shaftesbury was the man for a prompt decision . Of the parliamentary eloquence of these celebrated rivals , we can judge only by report ; and , so judging , we should be inclined to think that , though Shaftesbury was a distinguished ...
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... Shaftesbury too . Temple again had recourse to entreaties and expostulations . Charles told him that the enmity of Shaftesbury would be at least as formidable as that of Halifax , and this was true ; but Temple might have replied that ...
... Shaftesbury too . Temple again had recourse to entreaties and expostulations . Charles told him that the enmity of Shaftesbury would be at least as formidable as that of Halifax , and this was true ; but Temple might have replied that ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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