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... Italians can do nothing without making a deafening noise , the Chinese are addicted to gambling . Obvi- ously such things don't matter in themselves . Nevertheless , nothing is causeless , and even the fact that Englishmen have bad ...
... Italians can do nothing without making a deafening noise , the Chinese are addicted to gambling . Obvi- ously such things don't matter in themselves . Nevertheless , nothing is causeless , and even the fact that Englishmen have bad ...
Page 21
... Italians adopted the goose - step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and , as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy government , if it survives , is bound to introduce a ...
... Italians adopted the goose - step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and , as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy government , if it survives , is bound to introduce a ...
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... Italy with war materials all through the winter of 1939-40 , although it was obvious to the whole world that the Italians were going to attack us in the spring . For the sake of a few hundred thousand dividend- drawers they are turning ...
... Italy with war materials all through the winter of 1939-40 , although it was obvious to the whole world that the Italians were going to attack us in the spring . For the sake of a few hundred thousand dividend- drawers they are turning ...
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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