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... Europe , and which has infected the English intelli- gentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never ... European observers as " decadence " or hypocrisy , the English hatred of war and militarism . It is rooted deep in ...
... Europe , and which has infected the English intelli- gentsia , has never touched the common people . They have never ... European observers as " decadence " or hypocrisy , the English hatred of war and militarism . It is rooted deep in ...
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... European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , other than an American , who can distinguish between English and Scots or even English and Irish . To a Frenchman , the Breton and the Auvergnat seem very different beings , and the ...
... European . It is very rare to meet a foreigner , other than an American , who can distinguish between English and Scots or even English and Irish . To a Frenchman , the Breton and the Auvergnat seem very different beings , and the ...
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... European culture . For there is one art in which they have shown plenty of talent , namely literature . But this is also the only art that cannot cross frontiers . Literature , especially ... Europe , even as names 29 ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... European culture . For there is one art in which they have shown plenty of talent , namely literature . But this is also the only art that cannot cross frontiers . Literature , especially ... Europe , even as names 29 ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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army Blimps bombing planes Britain British ruling class BURMESE DAYS capitalism capitalist Chamberlain civilization coloured common Communists conquered culture CYRIL CONNOLLY danger defeat democracy destroyed disaster enemy England English Genius English Socialist Europe European exist face fact Fascism feel fighting foreign GEORGE ORWELL German gloomy Sundays grasp happen Hitler HOMAGE TO CATALONIA human hypocrisy idea imperial incomes India industry intellectuals intelligentsia Italians kind Labour Party left-wing less living London Martin Secker mean ment MICHAEL FOOT middle class military million modern monied class morale nation Nazi never numbers officers outlook ownership pacifist past patriotism peace political privilege pro-Fascist programme public schools revolution revolutionary rich Rolls-Royce car Russians SEARCHLIGHT BOOK SEBASTIAN HAFFNER simply slums snigger Socialist movement society Spanish Spanish civil war surrender T. C. WORSLEY tion totalitarianism treacherous true turn UNICORN Socialism whole workers