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Shaftesburian
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English
Etymology
From en Shaftesbury an.
Adjective
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Of, en pertain pertaining to, or en characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his en philosophical doctrines.
en 1787 Sir John Hawkins The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 255 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R8sIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA255&dq=Shaftesburian&hl=en&ei=0hJdTs_TEMXX8gOm1ridAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Shaftesburian&f=false Johnſon bore [the 3rd Lord Shaftesbury] no good will, neither did he ſeem at all to reliſh the cant of the Shafteſburian ſchool.
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