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[[File: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)rs|1980|p=24}}</ref>  Grub is also a derogatory [[noun]] applied to 'a person of mean abilities, a literary hack; in recent use, a person of slovenly attire and unpleasant manners.'<ref>{{Citation | title = grub (n) | url = http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50099518?query_type=word&queryword=grubby&first=1&max_to_show=10&single=1&sort_type=alpha | publisher = dictionary.oed.com | format = Registration required | accessdate = 2009-08-03}}</ref>

==History==

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===Early history===
[[File:Grub street hermit.gif|right|thumb|upright|alt=A man sits on a large ornate chair, resting his left elbow on a desk, his clenched fist supporting his head. In his right hand, at his waist, he holds a walking cane. He wears a cloak and a long beard, and his slippered feet rest on a chequered or tiled floor.  On the desk lies an open book.  Above his head the wall contains a shelf, filled with books.  A picture hangs from the wall showing a country scene with a large mansion or cast(contracted; show full)

{{Quote|The Province, or rather the States, of Grub-street, like those of Switzerland, never enter into any alliance offensive and defensive with any one contending power, against another; but wisely keep themselves in an exact neutrality.  At the same time, their private members are ready to engage on either side for good pay, without ever inquiring into the merits of the cause.|''Grub Street Journal'' (1731)|<ref name="Clarkepp5860"/>}}

===Taxation===
In 1711 [[Anne
, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] gave royal assent to the [[1712 Stamp Act]], which imposed new taxes on newspapers.  The Queen addressed the House of Commons: "Her majesty finds it necessary to observe, how great license is taken in publishing false and scandalous libels, such as are a reproach to any Government.  This evil seems to be grown too strong for the laws now in force.  It is therefore recommended to you to find a remedy equal to the mischief."<ref name="Ingelhartp76">{{Ha(contracted; show full)

[[File:Anne1705.jpg|right|thumb|upright|alt=A full length portrait of a pale-skinned woman standing, left arm resting on an orb, itself on a cushion supported by a table.  Next to the orb is a crown and sceptre.  Thick red curtains frame the woman, who is dressed in yellow.  Her right arm holds a violet ermine robe.  Stone columns are visible behind her.|[[Anne
, Queen 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 space with extraneous matter, and raised their prices to absorb the t(contracted; show full)
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