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So deep does this feeling go that for a hundred years past the officers of the
British army , in peace time , have always worn civilian clothes when off duty .
One rapid but fairly sure guide to the social atmosphere of a country is the parade
- step ...
So deep does this feeling go that for a hundred years past the officers of the
British army , in peace time , have always worn civilian clothes when off duty .
One rapid but fairly sure guide to the social atmosphere of a country is the parade
- step ...
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common people dare not laugh at the army . The Italians adopted the goose -
step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and ,
as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy
government ...
common people dare not laugh at the army . The Italians adopted the goose -
step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and ,
as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy
government ...
Page 78
Eight months later it was discovered that , so far as equipment went , the British
army was barely beyond the standard of 1918 . We saw our soldiers fighting their
way desperately to the coast , with one aeroplane against three , with rifles ...
Eight months later it was discovered that , so far as equipment went , the British
army was barely beyond the standard of 1918 . We saw our soldiers fighting their
way desperately to the coast , with one aeroplane against three , with rifles ...
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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius A Penguin book : Polit. science Volume 6327 of Penguin Books Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Editor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Contributor | Bernard R. Crick |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0140063277, 9780140063271 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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