The National Review, Volume 77W.H. Allen, 1921 - English literature |
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... play the always popular game of " Heads I win , tails I don't lose . " We can guess what Germany would have done had she won on land , as she confidently expected , in 1914 , 1915 , 1917 and 1918 , and , indeed , as seemed at more than ...
... play the always popular game of " Heads I win , tails I don't lose . " We can guess what Germany would have done had she won on land , as she confidently expected , in 1914 , 1915 , 1917 and 1918 , and , indeed , as seemed at more than ...
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... play with fire , whether it take the form of deliberately inflaming the relations of two nations at peace or the more innocent but scarcely less mischievous shape of confiding in those unworthy of confidence . It appears to have become ...
... play with fire , whether it take the form of deliberately inflaming the relations of two nations at peace or the more innocent but scarcely less mischievous shape of confiding in those unworthy of confidence . It appears to have become ...
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that this Camarilla should be back at Athens playing their old game . It necessarily constrains Frenchmen and Englishmen to regard Greece and Greek aspirations differ- ently to what they did . It jeopardizes the peace of the Near East ...
that this Camarilla should be back at Athens playing their old game . It necessarily constrains Frenchmen and Englishmen to regard Greece and Greek aspirations differ- ently to what they did . It jeopardizes the peace of the Near East ...
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... play , and something more than fair play , in his new sphere , and be judged exclusively on achievement . But his Viceroyalty may be prejudiced ab initio , unless there be a change at the India Office , where the continuance of Mr ...
... play , and something more than fair play , in his new sphere , and be judged exclusively on achievement . But his Viceroyalty may be prejudiced ab initio , unless there be a change at the India Office , where the continuance of Mr ...
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... play in cold print you might imagine that it would be uncomfortable for a mixed audience to see , as it contains broad situations and strange words . But it is played with such art and distinction - there is such entrain and ensemble in ...
... play in cold print you might imagine that it would be uncomfortable for a mixed audience to see , as it contains broad situations and strange words . But it is played with such art and distinction - there is such entrain and ensemble in ...
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