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Observations upon the United Provinces

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  • Sir William Temple, detail of a painting attributed to Peter Lely, 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
    In Sir William Temple, Baronet

    Temple’s Observations upon the United Provinces (1673) has been hailed by 20th-century scholars as a pioneer work in the sympathetic interpretation of the people of one country to those of another. The majority of his essays, however, were written after his retirement and collected for publication…

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