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In 1924 , for instance , the fate of a general election was determined by the publication on the eve of the poll of what purported to be a letter written by the Russian politician Zinoviev . Whether or not such a letter was ever ...
In 1924 , for instance , the fate of a general election was determined by the publication on the eve of the poll of what purported to be a letter written by the Russian politician Zinoviev . Whether or not such a letter was ever ...
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The initial cost of letter transport was so high that only the well - to - do could afford the luxury of correspondence . Fourpence would carry a letter but fifteen miles . Above that mileage the average rate in England moved in the ...
The initial cost of letter transport was so high that only the well - to - do could afford the luxury of correspondence . Fourpence would carry a letter but fifteen miles . Above that mileage the average rate in England moved in the ...
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He also realised that the length of a letter's journey made hardly any difference to the cost of that journey . His demonstration of that fact was so obvious that one can hardly understand that anybody in his mind could oppose such ...
He also realised that the length of a letter's journey made hardly any difference to the cost of that journey . His demonstration of that fact was so obvious that one can hardly understand that anybody in his mind could oppose such ...
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Contents
Octogenarian 2 PostVictorian Reading 3 Portugal 4 History in Blue Books 5 Wild Life Reserves | 1 |
Refugees in England | 2 |
Ancient Classics in a Modern World | 3 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volumes 272-273 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1939 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2020 |
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