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... flavour of its own . Moreover it is continuous , it stretches into the future and the past , there is something in it that persists , as in a living creature . What can the England of 1940 have in common with II ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
... flavour of its own . Moreover it is continuous , it stretches into the future and the past , there is something in it that persists , as in a living creature . What can the England of 1940 have in common with II ENGLAND YOUR ENGLAND.
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... living memory it was common for " the redcoats " to be booed at in the street and for the landlords of respectable public- houses to refuse to allow soldiers on the premises . In peace - time , even when there are two million unemployed ...
... living memory it was common for " the redcoats " to be booed at in the street and for the landlords of respectable public- houses to refuse to allow soldiers on the premises . In peace - time , even when there are two million unemployed ...
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Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. what age they are living in or what enemy they are fighting . Nothing was more deso- lating at the beginning of this war than the way in which the whole of the older genera- tion conspired ...
Socialism and the English Genius George Orwell. what age they are living in or what enemy they are fighting . Nothing was more deso- lating at the beginning of this war than the way in which the whole of the older genera- tion conspired ...
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