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Page 54
... and at the approach of an enemy it 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 at the approach of an enemy it 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 ...
Page 64
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 Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every
English ...
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 Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every
English ...
Page 78
Perhaps England needs tanks , but perhaps it pays better to manufacture motor
cars . To prevent war material from reaching the enemy is common sense , but to
sell in the highest market is a business duty . Right at the end of August 1939 the
...
Perhaps England needs tanks , but perhaps it pays better to manufacture motor
cars . To prevent war material from reaching the enemy is common sense , but to
sell in the highest market is a business duty . Right at the end of August 1939 the
...
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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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