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... English . Not that there is anything to be proud of in being called a sleep - walker . But here it is worth noticing a minor English trait which is extremely well marked though not often commented on , and that is a love of flowers ...
... English . Not that there is anything to be proud of in being called a sleep - walker . But here it is worth noticing a minor English trait which is extremely well marked though not often commented on , and that is a love of flowers ...
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... English , their refusal to take foreigners seriously , is a folly that has to be paid for very heavily from time to time . But it plays its part in the English mystique , and the intel- lectuals who have tried to break it down have ...
... English , their refusal to take foreigners seriously , is a folly that has to be paid for very heavily from time to time . But it plays its part in the English mystique , and the intel- lectuals who have tried to break it down have ...
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... English intel- ligentsia ― their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized . They take their cookery from Paris and their opinions from Moscow . In the ...
... English intel- ligentsia ― their severance from the common culture of the country . In intention , at any rate , the English intelligentsia are Europeanized . They take their cookery from Paris and their opinions from Moscow . In the ...
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