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Freedom of the press

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  • Four men whose distorted shadows are cast on the wall:a an apothecary casting the shadow of a clyster, a censor casting the shadow of a devil, a hereditary peer casting the shadow of a pig, and a Jesuit casting the shadow of a turkey. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • Corruption in the British government under Walpole, and its opponents represented by Caleb D'Anvers: seven scenes. Engraving, 1731.
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    Suffer the children : the story of thalidomide / the Insight team of the Sunday times.

    | Date: 1979
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    The censorship of the church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature : a study of the history of the prohibitory and expurgatory indexes, together with some consideration of the effects of Protestant censorship and of censorship by the state / by George Haven Putnam.

    Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930. | Date: 1906-1907
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    Corruption in the British government under Walpole, and its opponents represented by Caleb D'Anvers: seven scenes. Engraving, 1731.

    D'Anvers, Caleb. | Date: 1731 | Reference: 576585i
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    Four men whose distorted shadows are cast on the wall:a an apothecary casting the shadow of a clyster, a censor casting the shadow of a devil, a hereditary peer casting the shadow of a pig, and a Jesuit casting the shadow of a turkey. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.

    Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847. | Date: [1830] | Reference: 32782i
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    Radicalism and freethought in nineteenth-century Britain : the life of Richard Carlile / Joel H. Wiener.

    Wiener, Joel H. | Date: [1983], ©1983
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