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... England . His grandfather , the descendant of a family of Spanish Jews , had come to London from Venice in the mid - eighteenth century , and established a financial house that for a time rivalled the Rothschilds ' . Disraeli's father ...
... England . His grandfather , the descendant of a family of Spanish Jews , had come to London from Venice in the mid - eighteenth century , and established a financial house that for a time rivalled the Rothschilds ' . Disraeli's father ...
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... England ' . Since their movement came to nothing , it now seems pretty silly ; a modern historian has described it as ' an ephemeral hotch - potch of bogus maypoles and real vested interests ' . In fact , ' Young England ' was in some ...
... England ' . Since their movement came to nothing , it now seems pretty silly ; a modern historian has described it as ' an ephemeral hotch - potch of bogus maypoles and real vested interests ' . In fact , ' Young England ' was in some ...
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... England is unrivalled for two things , sporting and politics . They were combined at Beaumanoir ; for the guests ... England at the time . The true theme of the novel is the class - struggle and its solution in terms of the policy of ...
... England is unrivalled for two things , sporting and politics . They were combined at Beaumanoir ; for the guests ... England at the time . The true theme of the novel is the class - struggle and its solution in terms of the policy of ...
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