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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)e 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 [[
stamp act|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">{{Harvnb|Ingelhart|1987|p=76}}</ref>  The passage of the(contracted; show full)
* {{Citation | last = Taylor | first = D. J. | title = The street of no shame | url = http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,6000,609871,00.html | publisher = books.guardian.co.uk | date = 2001-12-01 | accessdate = 2009-07-10}}
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