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... beginning of the last chapter . One is the lack of artistic ability . This is perhaps another way of saying that the English are outside the European culture . For there is one art in which they have shown plenty of talent , namely ...
... beginning of the last chapter . One is the lack of artistic ability . This is perhaps another way of saying that the English are outside the European culture . For there is one art in which they have shown plenty of talent , namely ...
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... beginning of this war than the way in which the whole of the older genera- tion conspired to pretend that it was the war of 1914-18 over again . All the old duds were back on the job , twenty years older , with the skull plainer in ...
... beginning of this war than the way in which the whole of the older genera- tion conspired to pretend that it was the war of 1914-18 over again . All the old duds were back on the job , twenty years older , with the skull plainer in ...
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... memorable years will one day come back upon the Spanish Fascists like a boomerang . A piece of Shakespearean bombast was much quoted at the beginning of the war . Even Mr. Chamberlain quoted it once , if my memory 125 THE ENGLISH ...
... memorable years will one day come back upon the Spanish Fascists like a boomerang . A piece of Shakespearean bombast was much quoted at the beginning of the war . Even Mr. Chamberlain quoted it once , if my memory 125 THE ENGLISH ...
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