1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son
Nothing less than the relation between you and me can possibly authorize that freedom; but fortunately for you, my parental rights, joined to my censorial powers, give it me in its fullest extent, and my concern for you will make me exert it.
The printing department has no censorial powers. It is bound to print all that is offered it, ...