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Hitler's June Purge , for instance , could not have happened in England . And , as
western peoples go , the English are very highly differentiated . There is a sort of
backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all foreigners feel for ...
Hitler's June Purge , for instance , could not have happened in England . And , as
western peoples go , the English are very highly differentiated . There is a sort of
backhanded admission of this in the dislike which nearly all foreigners feel for ...
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What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840 ? But
then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your
mother keeps on the mantelpiece ? Nothing , except that you happen to be the
same ...
What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840 ? But
then , what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your
mother keeps on the mantelpiece ? Nothing , except that you happen to be the
same ...
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and privilege , humbug and decency , the subtle network of compromises , by
which the nation keeps itself in its familiar shape . iii I have spoken all the while of
" the nation ” , “ England ” , “ Britain ” , as though 45 million souls could somehow
...
and privilege , humbug and decency , the subtle network of compromises , by
which the nation keeps itself in its familiar shape . iii I have spoken all the while of
" the nation ” , “ England ” , “ Britain ” , as though 45 million souls could somehow
...
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| Title | The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Uniform Edition of George Orwell Works, George Orwell [His works. Uniform edition], George Orwell |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg, 1962 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 96 pages |
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