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... traditional fabric of Western society . up This pre - industrial society , labelled by Leavis as ' organic ' , had been a rural one in which the lives of men and women . were regulated by the cycle of the seasons ; work , in the form of ...
... traditional fabric of Western society . up This pre - industrial society , labelled by Leavis as ' organic ' , had been a rural one in which the lives of men and women . were regulated by the cycle of the seasons ; work , in the form of ...
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... traditional reference points which the American Henry James complained were lacking in his national heritage : No sovereign , no court , no personal loyalty , no aristocracy , no church , no clergy , no army , no diplomatic service , no ...
... traditional reference points which the American Henry James complained were lacking in his national heritage : No sovereign , no court , no personal loyalty , no aristocracy , no church , no clergy , no army , no diplomatic service , no ...
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... traditional diet of a red - blooded hero : I can't do my work on carrot juice . I've got to be off in an hour and I need some proper food . Be an angel and make me your kind of scrambled eggs - four eggs . Four rashers of that American ...
... traditional diet of a red - blooded hero : I can't do my work on carrot juice . I've got to be off in an hour and I need some proper food . Be an angel and make me your kind of scrambled eggs - four eggs . Four rashers of that American ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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