A History of Australia: 'The old dead and the young tree green', 1916-1935Melbourne University Press, 1963 - Australia |
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Page 116
... heart of stone . He kept repeating : ' I can do nothing but what is just and right ' . Clemenceau , Hughes and others did not want justice or righteous- ness : they wanted revenge , they wanted punishment . Germany must be bled white ...
... heart of stone . He kept repeating : ' I can do nothing but what is just and right ' . Clemenceau , Hughes and others did not want justice or righteous- ness : they wanted revenge , they wanted punishment . Germany must be bled white ...
Page 177
... heart . He talked big , he talked rough : he was handy with his fists , not afraid of bullies , and never short of a word with which to win an argument . Mum was the Madonna of the kitchen sink , one of the many pack - horses of ...
... heart . He talked big , he talked rough : he was handy with his fists , not afraid of bullies , and never short of a word with which to win an argument . Mum was the Madonna of the kitchen sink , one of the many pack - horses of ...
Page 344
... heart . His friends called him affection- ately ' Gibbie ' , but he checked them if they risked coming too near . He had a twinkle in the eye whenever the subject of love was mentioned . He was generous to promising young men , but no ...
... heart . His friends called him affection- ately ' Gibbie ' , but he checked them if they risked coming too near . He had a twinkle in the eye whenever the subject of love was mentioned . He was generous to promising young men , but no ...
Contents
VICTORY OF THE COMFORTABLE CLASSES | 47 |
A DIVIDED AUSTRALIA | 80 |
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin and Robert Gordon Menzies frontispiece | 116 |
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