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... poor are more national than the rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food ...
... poor are more national than the rich , but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits . Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food ...
Page 38
... poor box . All through the critical years many left - wingers are chipping away at English morale trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist , sometimes violently pro - 38 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
... poor box . All through the critical years many left - wingers are chipping away at English morale trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist , sometimes violently pro - 38 THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
Page 41
... poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio pro- grammes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing ...
... poor read the same books , and they also see the same films and listen to the same radio pro- grammes . And the differences in their way of life have been diminished by the mass - production of cheap clothes and improvements in housing ...
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