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Page 47
And even Welsh and Scottish readers are likely to have been offended because I
have used the word 'England' oftener than 'Britain', as though the whole
population dwelt in London and the Home Counties and neither north nor west ...
And even Welsh and Scottish readers are likely to have been offended because I
have used the word 'England' oftener than 'Britain', as though the whole
population dwelt in London and the Home Counties and neither north nor west ...
Page 62
But the general weakening of imperialism, and to some extent of the whole British
morale, that took place during the nineteen-thirties, was partly the work of the left-
wing intelligentsia, itself a kind of growth that had sprouted from the stagnation ...
But the general weakening of imperialism, and to some extent of the whole British
morale, that took place during the nineteen-thirties, was partly the work of the left-
wing intelligentsia, itself a kind of growth that had sprouted from the stagnation ...
Page 118
The whole English-speaking world is haunted by the idea of human equality, and
though it would 4. It is interesting to notice that Mr Kennedy, U.S.A. Ambassador
in London, remarked on his return to New York in October 1040 that as a result ...
The whole English-speaking world is haunted by the idea of human equality, and
though it would 4. It is interesting to notice that Mr Kennedy, U.S.A. Ambassador
in London, remarked on his return to New York in October 1040 that as a result ...
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| Title | The lion and the unicorn: socialism and the English genius Penguin twentieth-century classics Penguin Books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| Length | 123 pages |
| Subjects | › › England Great Britain Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism Social structure Socialism Socialism in Great Britain |
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