The National Review, Volume 119W.H. Allen, 1942 - English literature |
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Page 55
... thing was done in too Procrustean a way . There was too rigid an adoption of Army methods and modes of thought . There was too strict an adherence to the infantry pattern - and a pattern that was , too , not quite the latest and most up ...
... thing was done in too Procrustean a way . There was too rigid an adoption of Army methods and modes of thought . There was too strict an adherence to the infantry pattern - and a pattern that was , too , not quite the latest and most up ...
Page 56
... thing has been altogether overdone ; promising experiments have been discouraged , and in the long run the effectiveness of the Home Guard has been handicapped . Again , strict orthodoxy has committed the Home Guard to a system of ...
... thing has been altogether overdone ; promising experiments have been discouraged , and in the long run the effectiveness of the Home Guard has been handicapped . Again , strict orthodoxy has committed the Home Guard to a system of ...
Page 265
... thing that we had liquidated our overseas investments ; in other words , that we shall be largely dependent on charity for post - war imports , and that , too , in a world which is going to be very poor and distinctly uncharitable ...
... thing that we had liquidated our overseas investments ; in other words , that we shall be largely dependent on charity for post - war imports , and that , too , in a world which is going to be very poor and distinctly uncharitable ...
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