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Page 62
... with neatly rolled umbrellas crooked over the left forearm , were imposing their
constipated view of life on Malaya and ... that took place during the nineteen -
thirties , was partly the work of the left - wing intelligentsia , itself a kind of growth
...
... with neatly rolled umbrellas crooked over the left forearm , were imposing their
constipated view of life on Malaya and ... that took place during the nineteen -
thirties , was partly the work of the left - wing intelligentsia , itself a kind of growth
...
Page 63
The intellectuals could find a function for themselves only in the literary reviews
and the left - wing political parties . The mentality of the English left - wing
intelligentsia can be studied in half a dozen weekly and monthly papers .
The intellectuals could find a function for themselves only in the literary reviews
and the left - wing political parties . The mentality of the English left - wing
intelligentsia can be studied in half a dozen weekly and monthly papers .
Page 64
In left - wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in
being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution ,
from horse racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably ...
In left - wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in
being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution ,
from horse racing to suet puddings . It is a strange fact , but it is unquestionably ...
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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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