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[[Image:GrubStreet-London 300dpi.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=People congregate at the entrance to a narrow street, overlooked by two four-storey buildings.  Each floor of the right-most building projects further over the street than the floor below.  At the corner of each building, shops advertise their wares.  A cart is visible down the street, and one man appears to be carrying a large leg of meat.|19th-century ''Grub Street'' (latterly Milton Street), as pictured in ''(contracted; show full)

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n violet ermine robe.  Stone columns are visible behind her.|[[Anne of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]]]
Although the Act had the unfortunate side-effect of closing down several newspapers, publishers used a weakness in the legislation which meant that newspapers of six pages (a half-sheet ''and'' a whole sheet) were only charged at the flat pamphlet rate of two shillings per sheet (regardless of the number of copies printed).  Many publications thus expanded to six pages, filled the extra spa(contracted; show full)
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