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The English say harsh things about the Irish , the Irish about the English ; I have heard intelligent French people say the most appalling things about the Americans , and the Americans say some pretty unintelligent things about the ...
The English say harsh things about the Irish , the Irish about the English ; I have heard intelligent French people say the most appalling things about the Americans , and the Americans say some pretty unintelligent things about the ...
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It is said ( it has been said in this magazine ) that the English are not musical , that outside London you will not find an orchestra worthy of the name , that the English cannot stand opera ... and so forth .
It is said ( it has been said in this magazine ) that the English are not musical , that outside London you will not find an orchestra worthy of the name , that the English cannot stand opera ... and so forth .
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It was rather un - English , certainly to the Victorians , for example , Mrs ( Bishop ) Creighton : " To think of money is un - Christian ; to talk of it is middle - class . ' However , Belloc's apogee was the Edwardian Age , when money ...
It was rather un - English , certainly to the Victorians , for example , Mrs ( Bishop ) Creighton : " To think of money is un - Christian ; to talk of it is middle - class . ' However , Belloc's apogee was the Edwardian Age , when money ...
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