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... England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you come back to England from any foreign country , you have immediately the sensa- tion of breathing a different air . Even in the first few minutes dozens of small ...
... England , and even Americans often feel more at home in Europe . When you come back to England from any foreign country , you have immediately the sensa- tion of breathing a different air . Even in the first few minutes dozens of small ...
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... 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 person . And ...
... 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 person . And ...
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... England " , " Britain " , as though 45 million souls could somehow be treated as a unit . But is not Eng- land notoriously two nations , the rich and the poor ? Dare one pretend that there is anything in common between people with ...
... England " , " Britain " , as though 45 million souls could somehow be treated as a unit . But is not Eng- land notoriously two nations , the rich and the poor ? Dare one pretend that there is anything in common between people with ...
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