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Page 37
... hand - to - hand fighting , the hope of achiev- ing success , the exercise of one's ascendency , the more important it was . It was something , to have a face , in a universe where personality was at the same time the means and end of ...
... hand - to - hand fighting , the hope of achiev- ing success , the exercise of one's ascendency , the more important it was . It was something , to have a face , in a universe where personality was at the same time the means and end of ...
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... hand to hand fighting ' . In the English novel the tone is gentler , and the stress is on the ties of affection and community , radiating outwards from the family to the larger social grouping . If Rastig- nac's farewell characterises ...
... hand to hand fighting ' . In the English novel the tone is gentler , and the stress is on the ties of affection and community , radiating outwards from the family to the larger social grouping . If Rastig- nac's farewell characterises ...
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... hand in hand in intricate measure : stepping slowly , methodically , sometimes a trifle awkwardly , in evolutions that take recognisable shape : or breaking into seemingly meaningless gyrations , while partners disappear only to ...
... hand in hand in intricate measure : stepping slowly , methodically , sometimes a trifle awkwardly , in evolutions that take recognisable shape : or breaking into seemingly meaningless gyrations , while partners disappear only to ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
Copyright | |
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