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Page 28
... figures of our tradition of pamphleteering , Cobbett and Defoe , both of whom
had his subversive , non - conforming brand of patriotism , he writes a lucid
conversational style which wakes one up suddenly like cold water dashed in the
face .
... figures of our tradition of pamphleteering , Cobbett and Defoe , both of whom
had his subversive , non - conforming brand of patriotism , he writes a lucid
conversational style which wakes one up suddenly like cold water dashed in the
face .
Page 43
... of naked power ; contained in it , quite consciously and intentionally , is the
vision of a boot crashing down on a face . ... for what it is saying is ' Yes , I am
ugly , and you daren ' t laugh at me ' , like the bully who makes faces at his victim .
... of naked power ; contained in it , quite consciously and intentionally , is the
vision of a boot crashing down on a face . ... for what it is saying is ' Yes , I am
ugly , and you daren ' t laugh at me ' , like the bully who makes faces at his victim .
Page 106
They will be ready then to endure the sacrifices that are ahead of us , war or no
war . And even if the face of England hardly seems to change , on the day that
our main industries are formally nationalized the dominance of a single class will
...
They will be ready then to endure the sacrifices that are ahead of us , war or no
war . And even if the face of England hardly seems to change , on the day that
our main industries are formally nationalized the dominance of a single class will
...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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