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… was renamed Milton Street, and after heavy damage during the Second World War, most of it was swallowed by the Barbican Estate), the term has survived, because it quickly became a symbol as well as an address. It was used as a reference to … – and pay – writers for propagandistic purposes. James Ralph, who was later to write one of the first accounts of the state of authorship under capitalist conditions, 1 can serve as an extreme example of how authors could indeed regard … pension of £300 secured that he would forthwith be silent. 1 . James Ralph, The Case of Authors by Profession or Trade, Stated. With Regard to Booksellers, the Stage, and the Public. No Matter by Whom (London: R. Griffiths, 1758). 2 . John …
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