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Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, Taken from Original Sources

Note 522 — Chapter XXIX · LITERATURE, THE PRESS, ETC.

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Was not Steele turned out of Parliament for libel? 'Resolved that Richard Steele, Esqre, for his offence in writing and publishing the said scandalous and seditious libels, be expelled the House;'[522] and the resolution was adopted by 245 votes against 152.

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