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... wrong members in control - that , perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . iv Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have ...
... wrong members in control - that , perhaps , is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase . iv Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing - fields of Eton , but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have ...
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... wrong side of its face . For the first time in their lives the comfortable were uncomfortable , the pro- fessional optimists had to admit that there was something wrong . It was a great step forward . From that time onwards the ghastly ...
... wrong side of its face . For the first time in their lives the comfortable were uncomfortable , the pro- fessional optimists had to admit that there was something wrong . It was a great step forward . From that time onwards the ghastly ...
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... wrong thing . Until the Churchill government called some sort of halt to the process , they have done the wrong thing with an unerring instinct ever since 1931. They helped Franco to overthrow the Spanish govern- ment , although anyone ...
... wrong thing . Until the Churchill government called some sort of halt to the process , they have done the wrong thing with an unerring instinct ever since 1931. They helped Franco to overthrow the Spanish govern- ment , although anyone ...
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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