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Excerpt from Historical and Literary Tour of a Foreigner in England and Scotland, Vol. 2 of 2
It is only from the glorious revolution of 1688 that the liberty of the press, properly so call ed, is to be dated in England. It was not till four years after the accession of William III., that it was established on solid foundations, by the refusal of the parliament to sanction the continual restric tions which power required.
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