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Page 135
The Melbourne Argus found the company to which Lawson often introduced his readers to be ' malodorous ' . The Argus was uneasy with Lawson's suggestion that the losers in the great human lottery were the victims of the social system .
The Melbourne Argus found the company to which Lawson often introduced his readers to be ' malodorous ' . The Argus was uneasy with Lawson's suggestion that the losers in the great human lottery were the victims of the social system .
Page 136
As the Argus put it , the atmosphere , the temperature and the sentiment , and the language , making free use of the Australian dialect , all bore ' a territorial impress ' . They brought before the mind's eye of the reader the far ...
As the Argus put it , the atmosphere , the temperature and the sentiment , and the language , making free use of the Australian dialect , all bore ' a territorial impress ' . They brought before the mind's eye of the reader the far ...
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The Argus called for a standard pattern for all motor horns . In the eye of the common man , a new conformism was a condition of survival . The cities of Australia were now characterized by a cacophony of noise .
The Argus called for a standard pattern for all motor horns . In the eye of the common man , a new conformism was a condition of survival . The cities of Australia were now characterized by a cacophony of noise .
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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