Pamphlets and Parodies on Political Subjects is a book by William Hone. Hone was an English writer, satirist and bookseller who fought a court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom. Excerpt: "Reform, Reform, the swinish rabble cry—Meaning, of course, rebellion, blood, and riot—Audacious rascals! you, my Lords, and I, know 'tis their duty to be starved in quiet."
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