The National Review, Volume 71W.H. Allen, 1918 - English literature |
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... never be persuaded to look ahead and organize for a campaign which they are convinced in their superior wisdom will never come . Why waste all this money ? -they argue in the Cabinet . More- over , in the remote event of their proving ...
... never be persuaded to look ahead and organize for a campaign which they are convinced in their superior wisdom will never come . Why waste all this money ? -they argue in the Cabinet . More- over , in the remote event of their proving ...
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... never have lasted for a whole generation had the partnered States on either one or other belligerent side co - ordinated their efforts . It is no disparagement to the military qualities of that gifted miscreant , Frederick the Great ...
... never have lasted for a whole generation had the partnered States on either one or other belligerent side co - ordinated their efforts . It is no disparagement to the military qualities of that gifted miscreant , Frederick the Great ...
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... never hear the word " aristocracy " mentioned . Perhaps because it has come to be associated in men's minds with exclusiveness and powdered footmen , and has lost its true meaning . Even a less well - informed person than Macaulay's ...
... never hear the word " aristocracy " mentioned . Perhaps because it has come to be associated in men's minds with exclusiveness and powdered footmen , and has lost its true meaning . Even a less well - informed person than Macaulay's ...
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... never cease ? Would it never cease ? At last the sky became lighter in the east , and for a moment the intensity of the storm abated . Our spirits rose , but only to fall again as the storm broke out anew with redoubled fury . And then ...
... never cease ? Would it never cease ? At last the sky became lighter in the east , and for a moment the intensity of the storm abated . Our spirits rose , but only to fall again as the storm broke out anew with redoubled fury . And then ...
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... never had been and never would be used , although well within shell range of the enemy . The steppe rolled away before it for a clear rifle - shot's length , and then dipped steeply to the river , on whose farther bank lay the great ...
... never had been and never would be used , although well within shell range of the enemy . The steppe rolled away before it for a clear rifle - shot's length , and then dipped steeply to the river , on whose farther bank lay the great ...
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