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... Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you come back ... European crowd . Then the vastness of England swallows you up , and you lose for a while your feeling that the whole ...
... Europeans can endure living in England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you come back ... European crowd . Then the vastness of England swallows you up , and you lose for a while your feeling that the whole ...
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... Europe , and which has infected the English intelligentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never ... European observers as ' decadence ' or hypocrisy , the English hatred of war and militarism . It is rooted deep in ...
... Europe , and which has infected the English intelligentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never ... European observers as ' decadence ' or hypocrisy , the English hatred of war and militarism . It is rooted deep in ...
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... European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , in other than an American , who can distinguish between English n and Scots or even English and Irish . To a Frenchman , the Sta Breton and the Auvergnat seem very different beings , and ...
... European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , in other than an American , who can distinguish between English n and Scots or even English and Irish . To a Frenchman , the Sta Breton and the Auvergnat seem very different beings , and ...
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