The Quarterly Review, Volume 240John Murray, 1923 |
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Page 51
... carry the smaller ; but for a scheme consisting exclusively of the smaller type it is hopelessly extravagant . If anybody thinks that 20 houses to the acre create a slum he should visit the White Hart Lane housing scheme at Tottenham ...
... carry the smaller ; but for a scheme consisting exclusively of the smaller type it is hopelessly extravagant . If anybody thinks that 20 houses to the acre create a slum he should visit the White Hart Lane housing scheme at Tottenham ...
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by the Government to see that the clear intention of the Bill is carried out . There are other proposals in the Bill such as pay- ments to public utility societies and amendments of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act which may prove to ...
by the Government to see that the clear intention of the Bill is carried out . There are other proposals in the Bill such as pay- ments to public utility societies and amendments of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act which may prove to ...
Page 72
... carry conviction . There is no solution , needless to say , in the dressing up of the play in poetic phrasing or the provision of a purple patch here and there . One must choose a medium and stick to it ; only so can illu- sion be ...
... carry conviction . There is no solution , needless to say , in the dressing up of the play in poetic phrasing or the provision of a purple patch here and there . One must choose a medium and stick to it ; only so can illu- sion be ...
Page 77
... carried into effect , this figure will have to be increased to 35,000,000l . per annum . ' The position disclosed in these two speeches is dis- quieting and even alarming . With regard to the most powerful and the most promising weapon ...
... carried into effect , this figure will have to be increased to 35,000,000l . per annum . ' The position disclosed in these two speeches is dis- quieting and even alarming . With regard to the most powerful and the most promising weapon ...
Page 83
... carry out the general scheme of defence ; and will be responsible to His Majesty's Government that the actual expenditure is the minimum that can attain this object . ' It is much to be hoped that the divisions which at present keep ...
... carry out the general scheme of defence ; and will be responsible to His Majesty's Government that the actual expenditure is the minimum that can attain this object . ' It is much to be hoped that the divisions which at present keep ...
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