The National Review, Volume 117W.H. Allen, 1941 - English literature |
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Page 409
... doubt was one of the reasons which led so many promising Secretaries to leave the Service after the last war . The senior men were less affected and , in any case , too old to start a new life . The injustice was flagrant and can be ...
... doubt was one of the reasons which led so many promising Secretaries to leave the Service after the last war . The senior men were less affected and , in any case , too old to start a new life . The injustice was flagrant and can be ...
Page 513
... doubt- less rely on receiving plenty of notice . But they are under constant attack by British submarines and aircraft , which have succeeded in taking a very heavy toll of them . Whole convoys have been destroyed on more than one ...
... doubt- less rely on receiving plenty of notice . But they are under constant attack by British submarines and aircraft , which have succeeded in taking a very heavy toll of them . Whole convoys have been destroyed on more than one ...
Page 536
... doubt got orders to snub us . The land- scape we passed through was arid , like most of Spain - it is indeed a bit of African desert which has got misplaced in Europe and it is impossible to imagine that such a soil can furnish ...
... doubt got orders to snub us . The land- scape we passed through was arid , like most of Spain - it is indeed a bit of African desert which has got misplaced in Europe and it is impossible to imagine that such a soil can furnish ...
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