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प्रश्न
Bring out the significance of what Leacock was reading at the photographers.
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उत्तर
The poet had to wait. To kill the time, he read Ladies companion for 1912 and the girls’ magazine for 1902 and the infant's journal for 1888. He read the old magazines which were meant for people who lived long ago.
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| 2. | |||
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