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... government , of the commercial centre of the country , of the world's broker - for more men than actual inner London can house . The shops live on the villas , and the villas live on London proper . Balham is a parasite - the type of a ...
... government , of the commercial centre of the country , of the world's broker - for more men than actual inner London can house . The shops live on the villas , and the villas live on London proper . Balham is a parasite - the type of a ...
Page 100
... Government offices are best seen from St James's Park , and the Royal Palaces , dotted about by themselves , are best not seen at all ; the Cathedral is a couple of miles away , looking out on to the narrow alleys of Cheapside and ...
... Government offices are best seen from St James's Park , and the Royal Palaces , dotted about by themselves , are best not seen at all ; the Cathedral is a couple of miles away , looking out on to the narrow alleys of Cheapside and ...
Page 120
... Governments pass away ; the Café Anglais does not pass away . Into our restaurant enter three people an elderly man and elderly woman , and a private soldier . In England you would stare ; but in France and elsewhere on the conscriptive ...
... Governments pass away ; the Café Anglais does not pass away . Into our restaurant enter three people an elderly man and elderly woman , and a private soldier . In England you would stare ; but in France and elsewhere on the conscriptive ...
Page 132
... appear to take it seriously - almost tragically . Stranger still , they appeared to bow the head and accept it . Nobody blamed the Government for giving way . You would have said that the French fighting 132 THE PARIS OF TO - DAY .
... appear to take it seriously - almost tragically . Stranger still , they appeared to bow the head and accept it . Nobody blamed the Government for giving way . You would have said that the French fighting 132 THE PARIS OF TO - DAY .
Page 166
... Government , deputies , press , and army are alike dis- credited . Why ? Because Frenchmen can never be sure that any man's patriotism will be superior to a perquisite or a commission . Hence Wilson , hence Panama , hence the Affaire ...
... Government , deputies , press , and army are alike dis- credited . Why ? Because Frenchmen can never be sure that any man's patriotism will be superior to a perquisite or a commission . Hence Wilson , hence Panama , hence the Affaire ...
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