The National Review, Volume 91W.H. Allen, 1928 - English literature |
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... nature , and he did not know what to make of it , as he could not conceive - as he once explained to a visitor at G.H.Q. during the critical period of 1917 - that any Government could wish to retain in his position any soldier who for ...
... nature , and he did not know what to make of it , as he could not conceive - as he once explained to a visitor at G.H.Q. during the critical period of 1917 - that any Government could wish to retain in his position any soldier who for ...
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... nature seems to be inexorable , and takes her toll one way or another . Whenever a Responsible Statesman of the front rank dies his contemporaries are apt to exhibit their emotions in somewhat extravagant fashion , and forthwith set ...
... nature seems to be inexorable , and takes her toll one way or another . Whenever a Responsible Statesman of the front rank dies his contemporaries are apt to exhibit their emotions in somewhat extravagant fashion , and forthwith set ...
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... natural , Mr. Hailwood is not loved by our Central Office , but we doubt whether any votes cast for him would , in his absence , have gone to the official Candidate , and not a few of them might in sheer disgruntlement have gone to the ...
... natural , Mr. Hailwood is not loved by our Central Office , but we doubt whether any votes cast for him would , in his absence , have gone to the official Candidate , and not a few of them might in sheer disgruntlement have gone to the ...
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... nature . * No doubt on the outbreak of war a Government must be careful in giving material to its adversaries ; and in preserving the secrecy of the ciphers on which so much depends , it may have to paraphrase and slightly alter State ...
... nature . * No doubt on the outbreak of war a Government must be careful in giving material to its adversaries ; and in preserving the secrecy of the ciphers on which so much depends , it may have to paraphrase and slightly alter State ...
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... nature ; and a healthy review of the existing situation with the prospect of improvement has much to be said for it . But brutal condemnation passes the bounds of fair comment , and or the sake of the future it is necessary to consider ...
... nature ; and a healthy review of the existing situation with the prospect of improvement has much to be said for it . But brutal condemnation passes the bounds of fair comment , and or the sake of the future it is necessary to consider ...
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