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When you come back to England from any foreign country , you have
immediately the sensation 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 ...
When you come back to England from any foreign country , you have
immediately the sensation 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 ...
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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 pronounce a
foreign word ...
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 pronounce a
foreign word ...
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It tolerated slums , unemployment and a cowardly 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 leftwingers , it is fairly
certain that ...
It tolerated slums , unemployment and a cowardly 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 leftwingers , it is fairly
certain that ...
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User Review - the.ken.petersen - LibraryThingIt seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and ... Read full review
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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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