The National Review, Volume 77W.H. Allen, 1921 - English literature |
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Page 10
... look we can well believe , for the simple Flapdoodle reason that he is a man of acumen , with a sense of perspective , and as a professional anatomist is accustomed to acknowledge facts when he sees them . The facts are decidedly ...
... look we can well believe , for the simple Flapdoodle reason that he is a man of acumen , with a sense of perspective , and as a professional anatomist is accustomed to acknowledge facts when he sees them . The facts are decidedly ...
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... looks the other way and contents itself with dis- missing an Anglo - American war as " unthinkable . " The German war came in 1914 partly , if not chiefly , because it was voted unthinkable " by almost all our men of light and leading ...
... looks the other way and contents itself with dis- missing an Anglo - American war as " unthinkable . " The German war came in 1914 partly , if not chiefly , because it was voted unthinkable " by almost all our men of light and leading ...
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... looks and some other to be as weak as it seems . Englishmen never talk about war , which they detest , but when kicked into it they have usually given a good account of themselves before the curtain falls . Their bad starts have ...
... looks and some other to be as weak as it seems . Englishmen never talk about war , which they detest , but when kicked into it they have usually given a good account of themselves before the curtain falls . Their bad starts have ...
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... look in vain for the statesmanship and the leadership which the times demand . We only see Parliamentarians living from hand to mouth and thinking locally . We can make considerable allowance for them , because never was the burden of ...
... look in vain for the statesmanship and the leadership which the times demand . We only see Parliamentarians living from hand to mouth and thinking locally . We can make considerable allowance for them , because never was the burden of ...
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... look as much as a year ahead in any direction , content with miserable makeshifts and paltry criticisms of each other's proposals . Nor are the great bankers particularly illuminating or suggestive , though it might have been supposed ...
... look as much as a year ahead in any direction , content with miserable makeshifts and paltry criticisms of each other's proposals . Nor are the great bankers particularly illuminating or suggestive , though it might have been supposed ...
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