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| | §2. "The Oxford," afterwards "The London, Gazette". I. DefoeThe Newspaper and the Novel. Vol. 9. From Steele ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Cambridge History > From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift > DefoeThe Newspaper and the Novel > The Oxford, afterwards The London, Gazette |
 | | When Defoe established his most important periodical, The Review, in February, 1704, the English newspaper, in a technical sense, was not quite fifty years old. |
 | | 1 The intrigues that led to the founding of this paper, which soon became The London Gazette and, for many years, meagre and jejune though it was, possessed a monopoly of the printed news, are of abundant interest, but have already been noticed in this work. |
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