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... closes its ranks . A family with the wrong members in control - that , perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . IV Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the 54 The Lion and the Unicorn.
... closes its ranks . A family with the wrong members in control - that , perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . IV Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the 54 The Lion and the Unicorn.
Page 62
... no intelligentsia that is not in some sense ' left ' . Perhaps the last right - wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence . Since about 1930 everyone describable as an ' intellectual ' has lived in a state 62 The Lion and the Unicorn.
... no intelligentsia that is not in some sense ' left ' . Perhaps the last right - wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence . Since about 1930 everyone describable as an ' intellectual ' has lived in a state 62 The Lion and the Unicorn.
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Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality . In left - wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an ...
Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality . In left - wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an ...
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