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Page 42
... relation between the individual and society , al- though intimate , is apt to be sharp and antagonistic : one thinks of Rastignac's apostrophe to Paris at the end of Père Goriot : ' It's war to the death between us now ' , which Robbe ...
... relation between the individual and society , al- though intimate , is apt to be sharp and antagonistic : one thinks of Rastignac's apostrophe to Paris at the end of Père Goriot : ' It's war to the death between us now ' , which Robbe ...
Page 63
... relation with other men ( the concept of ' society ' not being invented until the end of the eighteenth cen- tury ) , with his physical environment and with God . The relation is essentially a harmonious one , with a belief in norms and ...
... relation with other men ( the concept of ' society ' not being invented until the end of the eighteenth cen- tury ) , with his physical environment and with God . The relation is essentially a harmonious one , with a belief in norms and ...
Page 138
... relation to his brother , Martin , and again in Homecomings in his relations with Margaret . One may legiti- mately doubt how far this intention is enacted in Strangers and Brothers ; yet Snow's statement does show that he regards the ...
... relation to his brother , Martin , and again in Homecomings in his relations with Margaret . One may legiti- mately doubt how far this intention is enacted in Strangers and Brothers ; yet Snow's statement does show that he regards the ...
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Preface 74 | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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