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... English is far stronger in the working class than in the bour- er geoisie . In all countries the poor are more national than the ly rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when ...
... English is far stronger in the working class than in the bour- er geoisie . In all countries the poor are more national than the ly rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when ...
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Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. But it plays its part in the English mystique , and the intellec- tuals who have tried to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the same quality in the ...
Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. But it plays its part in the English mystique , and the intellec- tuals who have tried to break it down have generally done more harm than good . At bottom it is the same quality in the ...
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... English institution , from horse racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during ' God save the King ' than of ...
... English institution , from horse racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during ' God save the King ' than of ...
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