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... foreign country , you have immediately the sensa- tion of breathing a different air . Even in the first few minutes dozens of small things conspire to give you this feeling . The beer is bitterer , the coins are heavier , the grass is ...
... foreign country , you have immediately the sensa- tion of breathing a different air . Even in the first few minutes dozens of small things conspire to give you this feeling . The beer is bitterer , the coins are heavier , the grass is ...
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... foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food or to learn foreign languages . Nearly every Englishman of working - class origin considers it effeminate to ...
... foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food or to learn foreign languages . Nearly every Englishman of working - class origin considers it effeminate to ...
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... foreign policy . Yes , but so did public opinion . It was a stagnant period , and its natural leaders were mediocrities . In spite of the campaigns of a few thousand left- wingers , it is fairly certain that the bulk of the English ...
... foreign policy . Yes , but so did public opinion . It was a stagnant period , and its natural leaders were mediocrities . In spite of the campaigns of a few thousand left- wingers , it is fairly certain that the bulk of the English ...
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